Charlie Williams dies
One of Britain's first black comics
03/09/2006 … Charlie Williams, one of the first black comedians to appear on British TV, has died at the age of 78 The comic, who had suffered Parkinson's disease and dementia…
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 03 September 2006
I'm spitting!
Kay's dismay at Blackpool backtrack
03/09/2006 … Peter Kay was dumped as the celebrity turning on the Blackpool illuminations on Friday – in favour of Dale Winton.
Sat 02 September 2006
Comedy Gold
02/09/2006 … Acclaimed American sitcom The New Adventures Of Old Christine has been bought by UKTV Gold.
The full Monty?
Palin plans final Python album
02/09/2006 … Michael Palin wants to reunite with his former Monty Python colleagues to produce one last comedy album.
It's not Respectable
Protest at Five's brothel sitcom
02/09/2006 … A women’s charity has blasted new channel Five sitcom Respectable for glamorising prostitution.
Fri 01 September 2006
Demo mode
Thomas organises Westminster protest
01/09/2006 … Mark Thomas has organised a protest against the no-demo zone imposed around Parliament About 100 people, all staging individual protests, gathered in the half-mile…
GagSlag #1
Our new weekly trivia round-up
01/09/2006 … Welcome to our new weekly round-up of gossipy and utterly trivial press cuttings that we couldn't find any other place for over the past seven days.
Soap to stand-up
01/09/2006 … Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay is to appear in a new play about stand-up comics.