'Women just want to mount me'
21/03/2008 … Alan Carr says he has to fight off indecent proposals from sex-starved women – who see his homosexuality as merely a ‘challenge’.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 21 March 2008
The fox is innocent!
Police drop Basil Brush racism probe
21/03/2008 … Basil Brush is off the hook for his allegedly racist joke about gypsies.
Thu 20 March 2008
© BBC Foggy will be missed
20/03/2008 … Last of the Summer Wine star Brian Wilde has died at the age of 86.
RTS winners announced
Hill, Boosh and QI among them...
20/03/2008 … The Mighty Boosh, Harry Hill and QI all took home accolades at the Royal Television Society awards last night.
Fringe 4 plan their own comedy festival
...but move is branded 'divisive'
20/03/2008 … The big four Edinburgh Fringe venues have been accused of ‘divisive’ behaviour, after deciding to promote their own comedy festival.
Stand-ups go to the movies
New documentary on comedy icons
20/03/2008 … A new feature-film documentary about the pioneers of American stand-up is in the works.
Wed 19 March 2008
Wrath of Boosh
Sugar Puffs 'rip-off' angers fans
19/03/2008 … Mighty Boosh fans are furious after Sugar Puffs ‘ripped off’ their heroes for a new TV ad.
Three for One
19/03/2008 … BBC One has ordered a trio of famous-name sitcoms starring Jimmy Nail, Caroline Quentin and Roger Lloyd-Pack.