Very old jokes
'Stand-up' gags aired after 130 years
22/01/2007 … Jokes that haven’t been heard for more than 130 years are to be performed on the Blackpool stage this week.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 22 January 2007
Sun 21 January 2007
Down with this sort of thing
21/01/2007 … Fans of Father Ted have planned a bizarre festival celebrating the show – causing a war of words between two remote Irish islands.
Council cut-BACs
21/01/2007 … One of London’s most successful incubators of new comedy is facing closure because of funding cuts.
Sat 20 January 2007
Basil in bronze
20/01/2007 … John Cleese has given his backing to plans for a £20,000 statue of Basil Fawlty in Torquay.
Revealed: BBC fury at losing Eric & Ernie
20/01/2007 … The BBC were so shocked to lose Morecambe and Wise to ITV that its governors planned to lobby the government, secret papers have revealed.
Steve gets serious
20/01/2007 … Stephen K Amos is to front an hour-long documentary for Channel 4’s upcoming Gay Week.
Eddie's ready to return
Murphy mulls stand-up comeback
20/01/2007 … Eddie Murphy could return to stand-up - even though he has previously vowed never to go back to the stage.
It's Glasgow-ho-ho
Glasgow comedy festival launched
20/01/2007 … The line-up for Glasgow Comedy Festival – which boasts that it’s the biggest comedy festival in Europe – has been unveiled.