Ventriloquist silenced
Achmed puppet 'offends Muslims'
09/10/2008 … An advert for a comedian’s ringtone has been forced off South African TV because it offends Muslims.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 09 October 2008
Wed 08 October 2008
© BBC United Tates of America
Catherine in talks over US sketch show
08/10/2008 … Catherine Tate’s sketch show could be remade for American audiences.
© NBC Critics savage US Kath & Kim
Remake is 'jaw-droppingly awful'
08/10/2008 … The American remake of hit Australian sitcom Kath and Kim has been savaged by critics as ‘jaw-droppingly awful’.
© FX Izzard's Riches run out
08/10/2008 … Eddie Izzard’s American TV series, The Riches, has been axed.
Tue 07 October 2008
America has another bash at Ab Fab
07/10/2008 … American TV is having a second attempt at remaking Absolutely Fabulous for a US audience.
Mon 06 October 2008
Brand to retrace war nurse's journey
06/10/2008 … Jo Brand is to present a BBC One drama-documentary about a First World War nurse to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice.
Enfield's new race row
Filippinos' fury over BBC sketch
06/10/2008 … Harry Enfield might have sparked an international incident over a BBC sketch branded ‘racist’ in the Philippines.