It pays to be a Coward
Sketch group land Radio 4 series
03/08/2006 … Sketch group Cowards have landed a six-part Radio 4 series on the back of a successful pilot episode.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 03 August 2006
Karl goes it alone
Geravais's sidekick to star in short films
03/08/2006 … Ricky Gervais’s sidekick Karl Pilkington has been commissioned to make four short films for Channel 4.
Eddie's really cooking...
Izzard to star in Five's Kitchen drama
03/08/2006 … Eddie Izzard is to play a drunk, fiery chef in a new miniseries commissioned by Five.
Date with destiny
Welsh stand-up to host a live TV ad
03/08/2006 … Welsh stand-up Chris Corcoran is to host a unique live advert for an internet dating site on prime-time ITV.
'Ban this sick sketch'
03/08/2006 … MPs are calling on the BBC to pull Armando Iannucci’s new comedy show because it features spoof footage of Tony Blair being assassinated and terrorists crashing…
Wed 02 August 2006
After Rodney
02/08/2006 … Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in a new sitcom from My Family creator Fred Barron.
Tue 01 August 2006
'Daily' news
John Oliver signs up for the Daily Show
01/08/2006 … British stand-up John Oliver has been signed to appear on acclaimed US satire The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The third way
If.comeddies announce another award
01/08/2006 … The replacement for the Perrier awards will this year hand out a third prize to celebrate the show that ‘best captures the comedy spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe’.