No rap for Maddie gag
28/01/2008 … Rory Bremner’s TV show has escaped censure after dozens of viewers complained over an ‘offensive’ reference to missing Madelaine McCann.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 28 January 2008
Sun 27 January 2008
Lenny directs anti-racism film
Project inspired by murdered teenager
27/01/2008 … Lenny Henry is to direct a short anti-racism film, inspired by the murder of black teenager Anthony Walker.
Art of Edna
Barry Humphries' online art project
27/01/2008 … Barry Humphries is to go head to head with his alter ego, Dame Edna Everage, in a battle to determine who is the better artist.
Fri 25 January 2008
Coogan 'is the toast of Sundance'
25/01/2008 … Steve Coogan has been hailed as the toast of the Sundance film festival, after his comedy Hamlet 2 received its world premiere.
Ooh, he could crush a grape
Spikey works on vineyard comedy
25/01/2008 … Dave Spikey is working on a new comedy-drama about a French vineyard.
I was a singing pig...
25/01/2008 … Russell Howard says that ‘in moments of weakness, I discover the dark side of the internet’.
Thu 24 January 2008
Brand in radio rip-off scandal
24/01/2008 … Russell Brand’s radio show is at the centre of the latest scandal about fake phone-in competitions.
BBC One renews comedies
Second series for Djalili and Armstrong & Miller
24/01/2008 … Omid Djalili and Armstrong and Miller have both landed second series of their BBC One shows.