Brydon seeks the One
10/01/2006 … Rob Brydon’s creation Keith Barret could be heading for BBC One with a new relationship show.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 10 January 2006
Mon 09 January 2006
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Voting opens in Chortle awards
09/01/2006 … Voting has opened for the 2006 Chortle awards.
A new stage of life
Rich Hall writes his first play
09/01/2006 … Rich Hall has written his first stage play Levelland opens near his home in Montana this week – as a trial run for the Edinburgh festival in August.
Lads and lags
09/01/2006 … BBC Three has commissioned two new sitcom pilots from its Manchester-based Comedy North project.
A Terrible mistake
09/01/2006 … Steve Coogan has admitted that his spoof horror series Dr Terrible's House of Horrible was a disappointment.
Reanimated
South Park episode 'has not been canned'
09/01/2006 … Network bosses have denied pulling a controversial episode of South Park in the face of a campaign from Catholics.
Sun 08 January 2006
Debs remembered
New memoirs of writer DA Barham
08/01/2006 … The father of tragic comedy writer Debbie Barham has written a book chronicling her battle with anorexia.
Fri 06 January 2006
Cleese to tour again
06/01/2006 … John Cleese is planning more dates for his live show, prompting speculation about a full-scale tour of Britain and America.