McSpaced bites the dust?
13/05/2008 … The US version of Spaced has been axed, according to internet reports.
Tue 13 May 2008
sony13
13/05/2008 … RUSSELL BRAND has won the Sony Award for the best entertainment show on radio, while spoof phone-in Down The Line was named best comedy.
Caroline Mabey – Original Review
13/05/2008 … A couple of years into her stand-up career, and Caroline Mabey hasn’t yet nailed her persona or delivery enough to take her out of the amateur leagues.
Arnab Chanda – Original Review
13/05/2008 … One of the most hotly-tipped of up-and-coming acts, Arnab Chanda has a clinical style, with meticulously crafted jokes slickly told with an assured but underplayed…
Mon 12 May 2008
Movie madness
Michael Monkhouse on why films are bad for comedy
12/05/2008 … I was chuffed to read Armando Iannucci's back with Steve Coogan.
Catch the coach
Win tickets to see Phill Jupitus in Lifecoach
12/05/2008 … Phill Jupitus will make his West End acting debut next week in the new comedy Lifecoach – and Chortle has five pairs of tickets to be won.
Fat chances...
12/05/2008 … Fat Pig, a new West End comedy starring Kris Marshall, Joanna Page, Ella Smith and Robert Webb, starts on Friday – and we have five pairs of tickets to be won.
Radio 4 comedy programming attacked
12/05/2008 … Radio 4’s comedy commissioning has been branded a creative ‘cul-de-sac’ – by the former head of BBC’s own radio entertainment department.