An audience of 8,000? That's nothing
31/07/2007 … Ricky Gervais has said the prospect of playing to 8,000 people at the Edinburgh Fringe ‘doesn’t mean much’ to him.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 31 July 2007
Mon 30 July 2007
Turtlely inappropriate...
30/07/2007 … Harry Hill’s TV Burp has been condemned by TV regulators for showing footage of survivalist Bear Grylls biting the head off a live frog.
The latest clip joint...
30/07/2007 … Another website showcasing user-generated comedy has gone live today.
Sun 29 July 2007
Mike Reid dies at 67
Suspected heart attack in Spain
29/07/2007 … Mike Reid, the stand-up who found fame as Frank Butcher in EastEnders has died at the age of 67.
Fri 27 July 2007
© BBC Langham: I viewed child porn
...but he denies being a paedophile
27/07/2007 … Chris Langham has admitted that he was guilty of looking at child pornography but said denied the charges to emphasise that he was not a paedophile.
He's dead funny...
27/07/2007 … Robin Williams regularly receives phone calls from female fans mistaking him for Robbie Williams.
HBO axes comedy website
Project lasted just six months
27/07/2007 … America’s HBO network is to shut down its comedy website This Just In after just six months.
© BBC Merton set for ITV improv show
27/07/2007 … Paul Merton is set to star in a new ITV1 improv show called Thank God You're Here.