Langham denies theatre assault
15/02/2007 … Chris Langham has denied indecently assaulting a young girl at a West End theatre.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 15 February 2007
A Brit of a to-do
Hundreds complain about Brand’s gags
15/02/2007 … Russell Brand attracted hundreds of complaints for jokes he cracked while hosting the Brits on Wednesday night.
More Lager?
New sitcom from Two Pints team
15/02/2007 … The team behind Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps are working on a new teenage sitcom.
Quantity over quality
O'Hanlon's dismay at Irish stand-up
15/02/2007 … Standards are slipping in Irish comedy because there are too many stand-ups tackling too few subjects, Ardal O'Hanlon has claimed.
The new Messiah
Idle plans Life Of Brian oratoria
15/02/2007 … Eric Idle is planning a new musical based on Monty Python’s Life Of Brian.
Wed 14 February 2007
Don't mess with the Family
Lawyers stop Family Guy parody
14/02/2007 … Lawyers have shut down a one-man stand-up show about Family Guy, claiming it contains violates its copyright.
Tue 13 February 2007
Only Eeijits and Horses
Scotland gets its own market traders sitcom
13/02/2007 … The BBC has commissioned a new sitcom – about a couple of dodgy market traders.
How comedy got serious
Alexei Sayle on today’s slick business
13/02/2007 … The ‘shambolic chaos’ of the comedy circuit has been replaced by businesslike professionalism and ‘the smell of money’ Alexei Sayle has claimed.