Billy holds DVD No 1
17/12/2007 … Billy Connolly has held the top-selling stand-up DVD for a fourth consecutive week.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 17 December 2007
Ban this George Formby filth...
How 30s comic fell victim to censors
17/12/2007 … He may seem innocuous compared to today’s shock comics, but George Formby was once banned by the BBC, it has been revealed.
Fri 14 December 2007
Striving for the perfect penis
14/12/2007 … Paris Hilton has rescued an injured Oompa-Loompa from a Miami comedy club.
Comic beaten up after gig
14/12/2007 … Comic Karl Minns is in hospital after being beaten up on the way home from a gig.
Walliams gets his titters out
Little Britain star to play Frankie Howerd
14/12/2007 … David Walliams is to play his comic hero Frankie Howerd in a new BBC biopic.
Thu 13 December 2007
Vinyl answer
Len to star in record-store sitcom
13/12/2007 … Lenny Henry is to star in a new Radio 4 comedy, set in an old reggae record shop.
© HBO Ricky's up for more Globes
Gervais scores two nominations for Extras
13/12/2007 … Ricky Gervais has been nominated for another two Golden Globes.
Good as Guild
US writers unveil award nominees
13/12/2007 … The Office, Flight Of The Conchords and Sarah Silverman are all up for awards in the Writers Guild of America awards.