Venue closes suddenly
...and more could follow as arts cuts bite
18/12/2007 … Windsor Arts Centre closed its doors suddenly on Friday, amid news of a financial crisis that could plunge the future of comedy shows there into doubt.
Tue 18 December 2007
Beware the backlash
John Phillips on the stand-ups who jumped the shark
18/12/2007 … If there’s one thing that tells me someone is going to annoy me, it’s if I mention a singer or a band, and they say: ‘Oh, I like the early stuff, before they…
© BBC Dibley tops 2007 comedies
18/12/2007 … The Vicar of Dibley was by far the most popular comedy of 2007 – with over five million viewers more than its nearest rival.
It's set in stone
18/12/2007 … A statue of Les Dawson is to be erected on the seafront of his adopted Lancashire home.
Mon 17 December 2007
Walliams turns children's author
Two-book deal for Little Britain star
17/12/2007 … David Walliams is to become a children's author after signing a two-book deal.
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17/12/2007 … BRITT EKLAND, the former Bond girl and one-time Mrs Peter Sellers, says she might try stand-up following her stint on the Grumpy Old Women live tour, saying: 'There's…
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17/12/2007 … STEPHEN K AMOS has been named best international guest by the New Zealand Comedy Guild.
Red Dwarf: The stage show?
New plans for unused movie script
17/12/2007 … The long-planned Red Dwarf movie could eventually become an animation – or even a stage show.