Morecambe and Wise almost split
12/10/2009 … Ernie Wise wanted to break up his partnership with Eric Morecambe before they hit the big time, fearing their act had lost its ‘zip’, a newly discovered letter…
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 12 October 2009
Sun 11 October 2009
BBC plans Dirk Gently TV series
Adams adaptation in development
11/10/2009 … The BBC is developing a TV comedy-drama based on Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently detective novels.
Kenneth Williams honoured
11/10/2009 … A blue plaque has been unveiled at the site of the London barber shop where Kenneth Williams one.
Bruce's daughter sells memorabilia
Charity auction begins on his birthday
11/10/2009 … Lenny Bruce’s daughter Kitty is auctioning off some of her father’s memorabilia to help set up a home for women with drugs and alcohol problems.
Best of which fest?
Brighton TV showcase has few links to festival
11/10/2009 … Channel 4 is to film a ‘best of the Brighton Comedy Festival’ stand-up showcase – but it won’t be taped in the city.
Clary plans a musical
11/10/2009 … Julian Clary has ambitions to write a West End musical with sacked Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips.
Sat 10 October 2009
Red Dwarf to return
10/10/2009 … A new series of Red Dwarf is on the cards, its star Robert Llewellyn has confirmed.
Fri 09 October 2009
Don't burst into rears...
09/10/2009 … Ricky Gervais once saved Python star Terry Jones's dog from drowning in a pond on London's Hampstead Heath.