© BBC Four candles sell for £48,500
Unknown buyer for Barker script
21/12/2007 … Ronnie Barker’s handwritten script for the classic Four Candles sketch sold for £48,500 yesterday.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 21 December 2007
© BBC Thu 20 December 2007
© HBO Gervais in line for another US accolade
Screen Actors Guild nominations out
20/12/2007 … Ricky Gervais has been nominated for another US acting award, for his role as Andy Millman in Extras.
Ince: 'I went bug-eyed mad' on TV
20/12/2007 … Robin Ince has admitted going ‘bug-eyed mad’ on a TV programme, losing his cool in a confrontation over religion.
Tue 18 December 2007
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.
© 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.
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.