Seriously good
Victoria Wood wins best actress Bafta
21/05/2007 … Victoria Wood, Ricky Gervais and Richard Curtis all triumphed at the Baftas on Sunday night.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 21 May 2007
Sat 19 May 2007
Goodbye, Brother
Brand to host one last BB spin-off
19/05/2007 … Russell Brand is returning to pass comment on Big Brother – despite having quit the Big Mouth spin-off.
Dyson gets his goat
League Of Gents writer updates fairytale
19/05/2007 … League Of Gentleman co-writer Jeremy Dyson is updating the Three Billy Goats Gruff fairytale for BBC One.
Fri 18 May 2007
© Dreamworks The bees' needs
18/05/2007 … Jerry Seinfeld launched his animated film Bee Movie in Cannes last night, saying: ‘One thing I hate is any kind of movie promotion that smacks of desperation in…
Thu 17 May 2007
Comic in US 'hate speech' row
17/05/2007 … A British stand-up has been accused of spreading ‘racist hate speech’ in California.
Have I got mews for you...
Manford joins 8 Out Of 10 Cats
17/05/2007 … Jason Manford is to take over from Dave Spikey as a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
© Comedy Central Silverman comes to the UK
Paramount to air controversial series
17/05/2007 … Sarah Silverman’s TV series is to air in the UK, following a deal with Paramount Comedy.
A Spitting Image for the digital age
ITV1 plans new animated satire
17/05/2007 … ITV is planning a modern version of Spitting Image - but using computer animation rather than puppets.