George Formby in race row
Call to ban his 'offensive' songs
02/05/2008 … A folk club has been accused of racism for playing comic songs by George Formby containing words such as ‘kaffir’ and ‘chink’.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 02 May 2008
© BBC Making his Marc...
Wootton lands his own US series
02/05/2008 … Marc Wootton has landed his own American TV series, after Hollywood executives branded him ‘the new Sacha Baron Cohen’.
Thu 01 May 2008
Did Johnny Vegas go too far?
01/05/2008 … A journalist has accued Johnny Vegas of ‘sexual assault’ for his on-stage antics at a gig last Friday.
Coogan joins Iannucci film
01/05/2008 … Steve Coogan and Sopranos star James Gandolfini have signed up for Armando Iannucci’s first feature film.
© HBO Conchords hit No3
Comics are America's biggest Kiwi act ever
01/05/2008 … New Zealand folk parodists Flight of the Conchords have scored a top three hit on the US album charts.
© BBC The secret's out...
Little Britain US characters revealed
01/05/2008 … Some of the new characters in the US version of Little Britain have been revealed.
Laughs in the fast lane
First 'satcom' for sat nav devices
01/05/2008 … Motorists driving down the M6 can now listen to a new comedy sketch show though their satellite navigation systems.