Unseen Eric
08/11/2004 … Previously unseen footage of Eric Morecambe – including the father of the bride speech he gave at his daughter's wedding – is to be aired on Channel 4 this…
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 08 November 2004
Street comedy
Munnery performs to the homeless
08/11/2004 … Stand-up Simon Munnery is to perform a gig an audience entirely comprised of homeless people.
Sun 07 November 2004
Win signed DVD
07/11/2004 … Ricky Gervais’s live DVD Politics is being released next week – and we have five SIGNED copies to give away.
Thu 04 November 2004
It's a little bit funny...
Elton John lands his own sitcom
04/11/2004 … Elton John is to star in his own TV comedy - about an aging rock star.
Wed 03 November 2004
Billy liar
03/11/2004 … Billy Connolly has renewed his attempts to squirm out of the Kenneth Bigley row – by denying he even said the controversial words attributed to him.
Just the ticket
Chortle to sell more comedy seats
03/11/2004 … More comedy shows can now be booked online through Chortle.
Tue 02 November 2004
Phoenix rises
02/11/2004 … Phoenix Nights could return for a third series, Peter Kay has announced.
Banned over BNP jibe
02/11/2004 … Jeremy Hardy has been banned from performing in Burnley – for saying British National Party supporters should be 'shot in the head'.