Gutted
Fire destroys comic Martin's flat
10/01/2006 … Perrier-winner Demetri Martin’s New York apartment has been gutted by a major fire.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 10 January 2006
Write and wrong
Sitcom script winners to beunveiled
10/01/2006 … Dara O'Briain is to unveil the winners of Britain’s biggest sitcom writing competition in an eight-part BBC Three series.
Irish comic in court
McSavage on ‘casual trading' rap
10/01/2006 … Irish comedian Dave McSavage – the son of former government minister David Andrews – has been charged with illegally trading in Dublin city centre.
Brydon seeks the One
10/01/2006 … Rob Brydon’s creation Keith Barret could be heading for BBC One with a new relationship show.
Mon 09 January 2006
Have your say
Voting opens in Chortle awards
09/01/2006 … Voting has opened for the 2006 Chortle awards.
A new stage of life
Rich Hall writes his first play
09/01/2006 … Rich Hall has written his first stage play Levelland opens near his home in Montana this week – as a trial run for the Edinburgh festival in August.
Lads and lags
09/01/2006 … BBC Three has commissioned two new sitcom pilots from its Manchester-based Comedy North project.
A Terrible mistake
09/01/2006 … Steve Coogan has admitted that his spoof horror series Dr Terrible's House of Horrible was a disappointment.