'Women should be naked or cooking – or both'
11/07/2008 … ‘I've seen stand-ups ask the audience, “Do you want the dark stuff?” You'd better be offering me Guinness.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 11 July 2008
Thu 10 July 2008
BBC's Manchester comedy supremo quits
10/07/2008 … The BBC’s creative head of comedy is quitting the corporation to join the production company behind Shaun Of The Dead, Spaced and Black Books.
Small steps...
Comic on the mend after spine op
10/07/2008 … Stand-up Tanyalee Davis has been allowed home following major spinal surgery.
Demon is summoned
10/07/2008 … Media giant RDF has launched its website Comedy Demon, selling full episodes of classic TV shows.
© BBC Two for Two
BBC Two unveils new comedy season
10/07/2008 … BBC Two has unveiled its autumn schedule, featuring two new comedy shows.
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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…
Ventriloquist's show closes early
Two And Only last just three weeks
10/07/2008 … West End ventriloquism show The Two and Only is to close 11 weeks early.
C4 reveals its Comedy Lab pilots
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.