All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Dad's Army star slams today's telly
10/07/2008 … Dad’s Army star Ian Lavender says that it’s ‘sad’ that the classic sitcom is repeated so often – because it shows that too few decent new programmes are…
Two And Only last just three weeks
10/07/2008 … West End ventriloquism show The Two and Only is to close 11 weeks early.
10/07/2008 … Channel 4 has announced its latest batch of Comedy Lab pilots, including the first TV show for sketch team Pappy’s Fun Club.
09/07/2008 … Father Ted writer Graham Linehan has criticised the state of TV comedy, claiming too much of it is charmless, and depends only on bad language for cheap laughs.
Boxer Hatton takes to stand-up
09/07/2008 … Boxer Ricky Hatton is embarking on a new career as a stand-up.
Baron Cohen winds up cage-fighting fans
09/07/2008 … Sacha Baron Cohen has been at it again - this time enraging fans at an Arkansas cage fight by staging a display of gay kissing.
Jonathan Pryce in new BBC3 sitcom
08/07/2008 … Pirates of the Caribbean and Tomorrow Never Dies star Jonathan Pryce is returning to TV for a new BBC Three sitcom.
© NBC 08/07/2008 … This is the first look at how Australia sitcom Kath & Kim will look when it is remade in the States.
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