Papal like us
DVD release for 'offensive' Popetown
05/07/2005 … Popetown, the controversial animated comedy the BBC pulled from the schedules, is to be released on DVD.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 05 July 2005
A very funny woman
Transgendered comic scoops contest
05/07/2005 … A contest to find Britain’s funniest woman has been won by a comic who used to be a man.
The silent treatment
Merton launches silent comedy website
05/07/2005 … Paul Merton has launched an online guide to British silent film comedy.
Mon 04 July 2005
The full Monte
Whitehouse wins in Monte Carlo
04/07/2005 … Paul Whitehouse’s comedy Help has scooped two awards at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Fri 01 July 2005
A Noble gesture
Ross shuns Fringe for village halls
01/07/2005 … Ross Noble is shunning the Edinburgh Festival next month for a tour of village halls in some of Scotland’s most remote villages.
Ali snaps
01/07/2005 … Ali G star Sacha Baron Cohen has had a run-in with a newspaper photographer in New York.
Extra viewers
01/07/2005 … More viewers watched Ricky Gervais's Extras last Thursday than any other show at the time.
Closed for business
Australia drops The Office USA
01/07/2005 … Australian TV has dropped the American remake of The Office after just two episodes because of disappointing audiences.