© Ellis O'Brien Loaded with honours
Lads' mag hails its comedy heroes
02/10/2008 … Harry Enfield, Jimmy Carr and My Name Is Earl have all won comedy awards from Loaded magazine.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 02 October 2008
© Ellis O'Brien
© BBC QI moves to BBC1
Sixth series to switch channels
02/10/2008 … QI is to move from BBC Two to BBC One when it returns for its sixth series in the New Year.
© BBC BBC3 pulls Pulling
Series axed despite strong ratings
02/10/2008 … BBC Three has dropped Sharon Horgan’s acclaimed sitcom Pulling.
Germany remakes Karen Taylor
Gags 'work just as well' in German
02/10/2008 … Karen Taylor’s BBC Three sketch show is to be remade for German TV audiences.
Rivers cancels London run
02/10/2008 … Joan Rivers has cancelled her return to the West End in December after landing an American TV series.
Shakespearean fools
Brand and Henry tackle the Bard
02/10/2008 … Russell Brand and Lenny Henry are both taking on Shakespearean roles.
West End run for Izzard
02/10/2008 … Eddie Izzard is to perform a four-week run in London’s West End.
Bernhard rapped over 'gang rape' gag
02/10/2008 … Sandra Bernhard has been dropped from a benefit show for a women’s shelter – after saying that Sarah Palin would be gang-raped ‘by my big black brothers’…