No more air hostesses for me...
18/01/2008 … Dave Spikey: ‘Ducks fascinate me.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 18 January 2008
Thu 17 January 2008
© BBC After You've Gone keeps going
20 more episodes in the pipeline
17/01/2008 … BBC One has ordered another 20 episodes of the Nicholas Lyndhurst comedy After You've Gone – enough to last until late 2009.
Past laughing
TV search for the 'funniest decade'
17/01/2008 … UKTV Gold has commissioned a series of programmes designed to determine the funniest decade for TV comedies.
Barrymore's back - playing Spike
17/01/2008 … Fallen star Michael Barrymore is making a controversial return to the stage – playing Spike Milligan in a new play about the comic genius.
© ITV Sitcom? No it's a 'mobicom'
ITV launches a comedy for mobiles
17/01/2008 … ITV has commissioned its first sitcom designed purely to be viewed over the internet and on mobile phones.
The Thick Of It: The movie?
Iannucci plans big-screen venture
17/01/2008 … Armando Iannucci is reportedly planning a movie in the style of The Thick Of It.
Wed 16 January 2008
Comics up for Bafta
16/01/2008 … Comics Tom Basden and Tim Key have been nominated for a Bafta award.
Back in the Backyard
16/01/2008 … Lee Hurst may have unexpectedly closed his Backyard Club in East London just before Christmas – but it won’t stop him playing there.