And the nominees are...
Chortle awards shortlist revealed
02/03/2005 … Daniel Kitson, Will Smith (pictured) and Alun Cochrane lead the running in this year’s Chortle live comedy awards.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 02 March 2005
Tue 01 March 2005
Win Bill Cosby CDs
Five copies of Fat Albert up for grabs
01/03/2005 … Bill Cosby’s classic Fat Albert album is to be rerelased on CD later this month.
Record breaker
01/03/2005 … Ross Noble has broken box office records at the Melbourne festival.
The fall guy
Rhod's hospital tests after stage plunge
01/03/2005 … Comic Rhod Gilbert has been taken to hospital after falling 5ft off stage, banging his head.
Little Britain snubs Blair
01/03/2005 … Tony Blair’s request to appear on Little Britain has been spurned.
Ricky stardust
Gervais ropes in Bowie for Comic Relief
01/03/2005 … Ricky Gervais has recorded a video diary with David Bowie for Friday’s Comic Relief TV show.
Office audience slumps
01/03/2005 … American viewers have deserted their version of The Office in droves.
A captive audience
BBC spotlight on inmates' comedy
01/03/2005 … Stand-up Rudi Lickwood's attempts to bring comedy to prison inmates is to be screened on BBC3 later this month.