You old romantic
17/09/2006 … Ricky Gervais is planning to take on Hollywood by writing a mainstream romantic comedy.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 17 September 2006
Sat 16 September 2006
The secret's out
16/09/2006 … The line-up for this year’s Secret Policeman’s Ball has been announced – with Chevy Chase heading the bill Comics performing at the Amnesty…
Extras' 3.5m viewers
...but it's down on last series
16/09/2006 … The return of Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras attracted 3.
Fri 15 September 2006
A Lotte of aggro
GagSlag #3, in which Vegas gets drunk...
15/09/2006 … You might have thought they’d seen this one coming: inviting Johnny Vegas onto the inexperienced Charlotte Church’s chat show – then plying…
Thu 14 September 2006
The end? My arse
Tomlinson predicts more Royle sagas
14/09/2006 … Next month’s Royle Family special could open the door for more episodes, star Ricky Tomlinson claims.
It'll be a blast
14/09/2006 … Vic Reeves is to be the new presenter of Sky One’s show Brainiac: Science Abuse.
Langham in court
'No unsupervised access to under-16s'
14/09/2006 … Chris Langham has appeared in court today, charged with nine child sex offences and 15 counts of making indecent images of children.
Wed 13 September 2006
Bush in talks on Borat
Kazahh president fumes over movie
13/09/2006 … Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat is to be the subject of high-level talks between George Bush and the president of Kazakhstan.