Sorry about the jokes...
20/04/2005 … The BBC has apologised for jokes aired on Have I Got News For You and Jonathan Ross’s chat show.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 20 April 2005
Tue 19 April 2005
A-ha for Hollywood?
Coogan plans Alan Partridge film
19/04/2005 … Steve Coogan is planning to take Alan Partridge to the big screen.
BBC gets more Stupid
Disability-based sitcom given a full run
19/04/2005 … BBC Three has commissioned a sitcom about a homeless man and his wheelchair-bound friend following the success of a pilot episode.
Mon 18 April 2005
I won that one...
Two more Baftas for Little Britain
18/04/2005 … Little Britain has increased its burgeoning tally of awards, picking up another two Baftas in London last night.
Comedy stars
18/04/2005 … The BBC is hoping to replicate the success of Red Dwarf with a new sci-fi sitcom.
Sun 17 April 2005
Premier division
Keating! scoops Melbourne's Barry
17/04/2005 … A musical about former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has swept the board at the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s awards night.
Jimeoin pays up
Movie copyright dispute settled
17/04/2005 … Irish comic Jimeoin has paid thousands of pounds to film-makers who claimed he had stolen their idea.
Fri 15 April 2005
Only kidding...
15/04/2005 … Harry Hill is to write his first children’s book - about the adventures of a miniature horse.