Borat director quits
18/01/2005 … The director of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film has reportedly quit after a run-in with the comic.
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Tue 18 January 2005
Mon 17 January 2005
Not such a fat Cat
Sponsor pulls out of Irish festival
17/01/2005 … One of the best-loved comedy festivals on the international circuit is to be slimmed down after its major sponsor pulled out.
A funny old game
Father Ted writer pens football musical
17/01/2005 … Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews has written a musical about Manchester United and Ireland star Roy Keane.
Sun 16 January 2005
Well connected
BBC's new comedy documentaries
16/01/2005 … The BBC is to air another series of Comedy Connections next month.
A good laugh
DVD to raise £1m for tsunami aid
16/01/2005 … Some of the top names in comedy are donating footage for a new DVD expected to raise more than £1million for the tsunami appeal.
Oi Enfield, No!
16/01/2005 … A TV advert featuring Harry Enfield goading Winston Churchill as a ‘porky prime minister’ has been banned.
Hicks brought to book
Friend writes 'definitve biography'
16/01/2005 … Bill Hicks’s lifelong friend has written what he claims is the definitive biography of the stand-up legend.
Comedy college
Hunt for best student comic begins
16/01/2005 … Chortle’s hunt for the best student comic in Britain kicks off this weekend.