£10m 'threat' to Fringe venue
Refit to 'rip the guts' from Assembly Rooms
13/12/2006 … The Edinburgh Fringe could lose one of its leading venues under council plans to overhaul the Assembly Rooms.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 13 December 2006
Sucker punch
13/12/2006 … The internet clip of American comedian Pauly Shore being punched on stage has been exposed as a hoax.
Tue 12 December 2006
© BBC Vyle by name...
Jennifer Saunders's latest creation
12/12/2006 … Jennifer Saunders has unveiled her latest comic creation, a daytime TV presenter in the vein of Trisha.
Extra Extras
Gervais plans third series of Extras
12/12/2006 … Ricky Gervais is planning a third series of Extras – and he wants Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in it.
Borat wins DVD lawsuit
12/12/2006 … A judge has rejected a bid by two college students to block the DVD release of Borat.
Mon 11 December 2006
Norton lands chat show
11/12/2006 … Graham Norton is to present a weekly chat show on BBC Two from early next year, the BBC has confirmed.
A vote-winner
Yes Minister named top political comedy
11/12/2006 … Yes Minister is greatest political comedy of all time – according to MPs.
© BBC 'Sadistic and disgusting'
What the BBC thought of Monty Python
11/12/2006 … BBC bosses were secretly appalled when Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired, finding it ‘sadistic’ and ‘disgusting’.