Men on the moon
07/05/2005 … Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci are planning a futuristic sitcom set on a British moon base.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 07 May 2005
Fri 06 May 2005
I hate Spam, a lot
06/05/2005 … Former Python Terry Jones has slammed the Broadway production of Spamalot as “utterly pointless”.
Thu 05 May 2005
He will, he will rock you
05/05/2005 … Peter Kay hijacked a comeback gig from rockers Queen last night to lead a singalong of chart-topper Is This the Way To Amarillo? The comic took to the stage of…
Wed 04 May 2005
The Cat's out the bag
Kilkenny festival line-up revealed
04/05/2005 … Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs comedy festival has announced this year’s line-up.
The 27-hour strip
Every Comic Strip... show released on DVD
04/05/2005 … All 39 episodes of the pioneering Comic Strip Presents… TV show are to be released on a nine-disc DVD set in July.
Late-breaking jokes
Radio's 'first topical sitcom' launched
04/05/2005 … Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have created a new topical sitcom for Radio 4.
To the Max
Miller statue unveiled in Brighton
04/05/2005 … A life-size bronze statue of legendary variety-hall comic Max Miller has been unveiled in his home town of Brighton Sir Norman Wisdom, Roy Hudd, June Whitfield,…
Tue 03 May 2005
The news? It's a joke
John Sergeant to host new satire
03/05/2005 … Former ITN political editor is to host a new topical comedy show for ITV.