Five buys Whose Line?
88 US episodes to air from January
30/11/2006 … Channel Five has bought the rights to 88 episodes of the US version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 30 November 2006
More for Leics
30/11/2006 … The Leicester comedy festival has announced its 2007 line-up, with headliners Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Paul Merton.
Lenny snubs home town
Anger that his tour skips Dudley
30/11/2006 … Lenny Henry has disappointed fans in the Black Country by leaving his home town off his latest tour schedule.
© BBC Merchant of music
Extras co-creator lands DJing slot
30/11/2006 … Stephen Merchant has landed his own show on BBC 6 Music in the New Year.
Putting on the writs...
30/11/2006 … Chat show host Jay Leno is suing a joke book author for stealing his material.
Wed 29 November 2006
© NBC Seinfeld sales soar
29/11/2006 … Sales of the new Seinfeld DVD soared by an incredible 7,000 per cent in the week following star Michael Richards’ racist outburst.
© BBC It's not easy bein' green
29/11/2006 … This is Matt Lucas as he will appear in a new adaptation of Wind In The Willows – warts and all.
Palin: My filming days are over
...but a radio show might be on the cards
29/11/2006 … Michael Palin says he doesn’t expect to make any more movies or TV shows – other than his acclaimed travelogues.