A dramatic life
18/08/2005 … A new play about the life of Richard Pryor has opened in New York.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 18 August 2005
No sit...
18/08/2005 … Channel 4 has launched a hunt to find new British sitcoms after discovering the number of such shows has slumped by factor of seven in the past 20 years.
Dental as anything
18/08/2005 … Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye has written an ITV1 comedy drama about a love affair between a prison officer and a dental assistant.
Wed 17 August 2005
He's done it!
17/08/2005 … Mark Watson has completed his record-breaking 2,005-minute stand-up show.
The Marks brothers
17/08/2005 … Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman and Bob Mortimer have been signed up to be the new faces of Marks & Spencer.
Added Extras
17/08/2005 … BBC Two has commissioned a second series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Extras.
Tue 16 August 2005
Extras leak probed
Website releases pirate episode
16/08/2005 … The BBC has launched an investigation after a pirated episode of Ricky Gervais’s Extras was leaked onto the internet.
Up for the Dubble
16/08/2005 … The shortlist for this year’s Dubble Act award, for the best comedy partnership on the Edinburgh Fringe, has been announced.