John Cleese: The lemur
Species named after Python star
11/11/2005 … Scientists have named a new-found species of lemur after John Cleese.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 11 November 2005
Thu 10 November 2005
Beeb boosts comedy
10/11/2005 … The BBC has reorganised the way it orders comedy programmes for TV, with the appointment of a new controller of comedy commissioning.
Amarillo, Texas
Kay to direct another music vid
10/11/2005 … Peter Kay is forging a new career as a pop video director, following the success of (Is This The Way To) Amarillo.
Wed 09 November 2005
Boosh off
09/11/2005 … The Mighty Boosh are about to announce a major British tour.
Tue 08 November 2005
Office expansion
Even more shows for US version
08/11/2005 … America’s NBC network has ordered 11 more episodes of its version of The Office - eight more than originally rumoured.
'A big hole in comedy'
Have I Got News For You producer dies
08/11/2005 … Comedy producer Harry Thompson, the man who created Have I Got News for You, has died at the age of 45.
Very little Britons
08/11/2005 … Children as young as four are watching Little Britain, even though it is screened after the 9pm watershed.
Mon 07 November 2005
That Extra something
Gervais sets British Comedy Award record
07/11/2005 … Ricky Gervais’s Extras has landed a record five nominations for this year’s British Comedy Awards.