Mourning the sitcom
C4 to examine the death of a genre
09/05/2005 … Former ITV executive David Liddiment is to front a 90-minute Channel 4 documentary examining the crisis in sitcoms.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 09 May 2005
Jerry cleared
TV watchdogs reject 16,000 complaints
09/05/2005 … Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has published its ruling on the controversial TV screening of Jerry Springer: The Opera – and found in favour of the BBC.
Hill be back
09/05/2005 … Harry Hill’s TV Burp has been recommissioned for a fifth series.
Sun 08 May 2005
Comedy gold
Brits sweep the Rose d'Or board
08/05/2005 … British comedies have swept the board at the prestigious Rose d'Or international television festival.
Sat 07 May 2005
Men on the moon
07/05/2005 … Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci are planning a futuristic sitcom set on a British moon base.
Fri 06 May 2005
I hate Spam, a lot
06/05/2005 … Former Python Terry Jones has slammed the Broadway production of Spamalot as “utterly pointless”.
Thu 05 May 2005
He will, he will rock you
05/05/2005 … Peter Kay hijacked a comeback gig from rockers Queen last night to lead a singalong of chart-topper Is This the Way To Amarillo? The comic took to the stage of…
Wed 04 May 2005
Late-breaking jokes
Radio's 'first topical sitcom' launched
04/05/2005 … Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have created a new topical sitcom for Radio 4.