Strong showing for TV comedies
Carr, McIntyre win big audiences
15/06/2009 … Comedy shows attracted big TV audiences over the weekend; with Alan Carr, Michael McIntrye and Have I Got News For You all attracting strong viewing figures.
Mon 15 June 2009
Dave Spikey, headliner
Comic releases book of local newspaper stories
15/06/2009 … Dave Spikey is to release his first book: a collection of strange local newspaper headlines.
The bootlegger who saved Hancock
Lost episodes to be released on CD
15/06/2009 … Six lost episodes of Hancock’s Half Hour, long destroyed by the BBC, have been recovered thanks to a fan who recorded the shows off the TV.
Comedy? America's gone to Iceland...
US imports another sitcom format
15/06/2009 … American TV executives hunting for the next hit sitcom have turned to an unlikely source: Iceland.
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15/06/2009 … MATT LUCAS spoof fantasy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword Of Fire attracted a healthy 2.
Geoff Boyz at Headliners, Chiswick
15/06/2009 … No one would describe veteran Scottish stand-up Geoff Boyz as a comic visionary, as his years in the ‘nuggets and nob gags’ party clubs have taught him to play…
Pierre Hollins at Headliners
15/06/2009 … The hugely experienced Pierre Hollins adopts an amiable ‘grumpy old man’ persona that fits him as comfortably as a moth-eaten overcoat.