Shares misery for Jongleurs owner
Regent Inns loses half its value overnight
24/06/2008 … Shares in troubled Jongleurs owner Regent Inns have suffered another huge slump, with another half wiped off its value in the last 24 hours.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 24 June 2008
© HBO 'He was one funny motherfucker'
24/06/2008 … Comedians have been paying their tributes to George Carlin, hailing his influence in transforming stand-up into an insightful, passionate artform.
Mon 23 June 2008
ITV goes back to Benidorm
23/06/2008 … ITV has ordered a third series of the Johnny Vegas comedy Benidorm.
© HBO George Carlin dies of heart failure
23/06/2008 … George Carlin – the provocative, insightful stand-up who became a hero of the American counter-culture – has died of heart failure at the age of 71.
Sun 22 June 2008
The £3,700 raspberry
Barker's script under the hammer
22/06/2008 … Ronnie Barker’s hand-written scripts for The Two Ronnies serial Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town have sold for £3,700.
Fri 20 June 2008
Bob Mills: The Jill Dando link
20/06/2008 … Michael McIntrye reveals his taste in music: ‘I like nothing more than cranking up Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler and Dr Hook’s When You’re In Love…
Thu 19 June 2008
Bernard's in the picture
Comic's ashes in mosiac portrait
19/06/2008 … A mosaic portrait of Bernard Manning has been unveiled on the front of his Manchester club – incorporating his ashes.
© 20th Century Fox TV ITV to remake Dharma & Greg
American sitcom 'perfect for UK'
19/06/2008 … ITV has started work on a British remake of Nineties American comedy Dharma & Greg.