Mon 23 June 2008
ITV goes back to Benidorm
23/06/2008 … ITV has ordered a third series of the Johnny Vegas comedy Benidorm.
DVDs up for grabs
23/06/2008 … The Jack Black and Mos Def comedy Be Kind Rewind is released on DVD on Monday – and we have five copies to give away.
Comic on tour (...sort of)
Richard O. Smith on his unusual gigs
23/06/2008 … I’m probably Britain’s only stand-up comedian who mainly works mornings and early afternoons.
© HBO George Carlin dies of heart failure
23/06/2008 … George Carlin – the provocative, insightful stand-up who became a hero of the American counter-culture – has died of heart failure at the age of 71.
Rowena Haley – Original Review
23/06/2008 … While Rowena Haley’s songs feel slightly two-dimensional, there was certainly plenty to enjoy.
Sun 22 June 2008
Funny Women 2008
22/06/2008 … It's the final of this year's Nivea Funny Women competition at the London Comedy Store on Monday night (23rd).
The £3,700 raspberry
Barker's script under the hammer
22/06/2008 … Ronnie Barker’s hand-written scripts for The Two Ronnies serial Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town have sold for £3,700.