Ding Dong, round 2
29/05/2008 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 29 May 2008
Wed 28 May 2008
Fringe first...
Preview of 400+ Edinburgh shows
28/05/2008 … Today Chortle reveals the biggest preview of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, with details of more than 400 comedy shows.
Tue 27 May 2008
A lot of laughs
Barker script goes under the hammer
27/05/2008 … Ronnie Barker's original handwritten script for The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town is expected to fetch up to £5,000 when it is auctioned next month.
© Universal Studios Brand 'bids for US chat show'
Eight episodes in the pipeline
27/05/2008 … Russell Brand is launching a bid to conquer America with his own chat show.
Mon 26 May 2008
UnGentlemanly conduct...
League star slams 'rip-off' advert
26/05/2008 … Steve Pemberton has slammed adverts for Bounty kitchen towel for ‘ripping off’ a League of Gentlemen character.
Sun 25 May 2008
Chic lit
Daughter pens Murray's biography
25/05/2008 … The daughter of legendary Scottish comedian Chic Murray is writing a book of his life – including previously unpublished jokes.
Rock claims audience record
25/05/2008 … Chris Rock has smashed the record for the biggest live comedy gig in Britain – with an audience more than 50 per cent bigger than previous title-holder Lee Evans.
© NBC Rowan & Martin's Coff-In
25/05/2008 … Dick Martin, the wackier half of the duo behind seminal Sixties comedy show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, has died at the age of 86.