Dick Vosburgh dies
Writer who dominated five decades
20/04/2007 … Veteran comedy writer, broadcaster and lyricist Dick Vosburgh has died at the age of 77The American-born gagsmith provided jokes for almost every leading comedy…
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 20 April 2007
Thu 19 April 2007
21st Century Liver Birds
19/04/2007 … Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have written a new female-led sitcom for ITV1 billed as a modern take on Seventies classic The Liver Birds.
Wed 18 April 2007
Dad's Army hits the stage
18/04/2007 … Dad’s Army is to be revived as a stage show – starring Leslie Grantham as spiv Private Walker.
E4 trousers its first sitcom
18/04/2007 … E4 has commissioned its first original sitcom, Baggy Trousers.
The six-hour set
Chappelle's marathon stand-up session
18/04/2007 … Dave Chappelle performed a comedy-club set lasting more than six hours on Sunday night.
Green's Day
18/04/2007 … Jeff Green put his day off at the Melbourne Comedy Festival to good use – by getting married.
Tue 17 April 2007
© BBC BBC1 'poaches' Extras
17/04/2007 … The finale of Extras is to air on BBC One rather than BBC Two, according to the broadcast trade press.
© BBC Ruddy hell! 4.7m viewers
17/04/2007 … Harry Enfield’s return to TV after seven years on Friday attracted 4.