Borat director quits
18/01/2005 … The director of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film has reportedly quit after a run-in with the comic.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 January 2005
Mon 17 January 2005
A funny old game
Father Ted writer pens football musical
17/01/2005 … Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews has written a musical about Manchester United and Ireland star Roy Keane.
Not such a fat Cat
Sponsor pulls out of Irish festival
17/01/2005 … One of the best-loved comedy festivals on the international circuit is to be slimmed down after its major sponsor pulled out.
Sun 16 January 2005
A career gamble
16/01/2005 … Comic Cole Parker has landed a new series on Challenge TV.
It's Barley seen...
16/01/2005 … Chris Morris’s new media satire Nathan Barley is proving a ratings flop – attracting just three per cent of the audience on Friday night.
Comedy college
Hunt for best student comic begins
16/01/2005 … Chortle’s hunt for the best student comic in Britain kicks off this weekend.
Hicks brought to book
Friend writes 'definitve biography'
16/01/2005 … Bill Hicks’s lifelong friend has written what he claims is the definitive biography of the stand-up legend.