Billy's new blunder
9/11 comment upsets New Yorkers
28/02/2005 … Billy Connolly has put his foot in it again – with an ill-judged comment about September 11.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 28 February 2005
Split was news to me
How Rik learned double act was over
28/02/2005 … Rik Mayall has revealed that he only learned his 30-year partnership with Adrian Edmondson was over when he read it in a newspaper interview.
Sun 27 February 2005
Fraud trial starts
Gervais 'victim of £200k sting'
27/02/2005 … Four men and a woman will stand trial this week, accused of siphoning nearly £200,000 out of Ricky Gervais’s bank account.
Billy's not all there
27/02/2005 … A Glasgow museum has lost half its portrait of Billy Connolly.
Sat 26 February 2005
15 minutes of Fame Academy
26/02/2005 … Al Murray has been voted off Celebrity Fame Academy – before the show even got properly started.
Thu 24 February 2005
Fringe 'faces crisis'
Director warns of 'crunch year'
24/02/2005 … The Edinburgh Fringe could be heading for a crisis, its director warned today.
Better than Nasa
24/02/2005 … It’s the sort of news that would send David Brent’s raging ego into overdrive.
Three of the best
24/02/2005 … Green Wing, Nighty Night (pictured) and Peep Show are to battle it out for two of the most prestigious awards in TV.