Radio 4 comedy programming attacked
12/05/2008 … Radio 4’s comedy commissioning has been branded a creative ‘cul-de-sac’ – by the former head of BBC’s own radio entertainment department.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 12 May 2008
Mirza, she wrote...
Shazia named columnist of the year
12/05/2008 … Shazia Mirza has been named magazine columnist of the year for her fortnightly articles in New Statesman magazine.
© Ellis O'Brien An unsound performance
12/05/2008 … More than 100 people walked out of a Jimmy Carr gig over the weekend because they couldn’t hear the gags.
Sun 11 May 2008
Kay does Porridge?
Stage version of sitcom in the works
11/05/2008 … Peter Kay could be starring in a new stage version of Porridge next year.
Funny foreigners...
BBC pilots multicultural sitcom
11/05/2008 … Omid Djalili and Stephen K Amos are to star in a pilot episode of a new multicultural BBC Two sitcom.
'Shaun' pub to be demolished
Zombie location will become flats
11/05/2008 … The London pub where Simon Pegg fought his last stand against an army of zombies in Shaun Of The Dead is to be turned into a block of flats.
A high price toupee
11/05/2008 … Frankie Howerd's toupee has gone on sale.
Fri 09 May 2008
Vegas acts over 'assault' claim
09/05/2008 … Johnny Vegas has launched legal action against The Guardian for a story which claimed he sexually assaulted an audience member on stage.