© Fox C4 buys Grammer sitcom
28/06/2007 … Channel 4 has acquired the rights to Kelsey Grammer’s new US sitcom Back To You.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 28 June 2007
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The going got too tough...
28/06/2007 … ITV has dropped its stand-up show Tough Gig in the face of dismal viewing figures.
Wed 27 June 2007
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Major web comedy channel planned
27/06/2007 … Comedy supremo John Lloyd and music giant Warner have joined forces to create a major new internet comedy channel.
Tue 26 June 2007
© BBC Smashy returns!
Enfield and Whitehouse back for Radio 2
26/06/2007 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are to revive their Smashie and Nicey DJ characters to help Radio 2 mark its 40th birthday.
Laughter at Manning's funeral
26/06/2007 … Mourners laughed at the funeral of Bernard Manning yesterday, as fellow comics cracked jokes in honour of the controversial stand-up.
BBC comedy chief quits
Plowman returns to programme-making
26/06/2007 … The BBC’s head of comedy, Jon Plowman is to quit the corporation after 27 years.
© BBC BBC2 unveils autumn line-up
26/06/2007 … A second series of Jack Dee’s Lead Balloon, a sketch show for Peter Serafinowicz and a Stephen Fry documentary on HIV have all been unveiled today.
Complaints over Manning joke
Sir Trevor branded 'appalling'
26/06/2007 … Whenever Bernard Manning was criticised for a racist comment, he would always claim ‘it’s only a joke – you never take a joke seriously’.