Comic found dead
06/01/2005 … Former comedian Benni Esposito has been found dead at the Dundee artist’s studio where he worked.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 06 January 2005
Wed 05 January 2005
Rhod almighty
05/01/2005 … Comic Rhod Gilbert has been chosen as the Voice Of Wales.
Tue 04 January 2005
Porridge locked out
How Home Office hindered filming
04/01/2005 … The Home Office refused to allow the producers of Porridge to film inside a genuine jail, files released today reveal.
Cuckoo goes cheap
Comics stage free West End show
04/01/2005 … The comics performing in the West End smash One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are staging a free performance next week.
Generous to a fault
Benefit gigs for tsunami victims
04/01/2005 … Britain’s comedy industry has rushed to respond to the tsunami disaster, with several fundraising gigs already set up.
Mon 03 January 2005
No offence..
03/01/2005 … Warning: This story contains language some may find offensive Stewart Lee has hit back at critics complaining about the bad language in the BBC broadcast of Jerry…
Bouncing back
03/01/2005 … Steve Coogan is planning a return to TV with a raft of new ‘flawed and inadequate’ characters.
Sun 02 January 2005
That's not my husband!
02/01/2005 … Peter Cook’s first wife is to publish her memoirs because she’s so angry with how her ex-husband is portrayed as a bitter, cruel drunk.