Best before April 2009
17/04/2009 … Sir Clement Freud wanted his epitaph to be: ‘Best before April 2009’.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 17 April 2009
Bruno wins lower certificate
17/04/2009 … Sacha Baron Cohen’s film Bruno has avoided America’s NC-17 certificate, largely viewed as box office poison, after some of the more offensive scenes were re-edited.
Comic Cassidy killed by laughing gas
17/04/2009 … Stand-up Martin Cassidy died after taking an accidental overdose of laughing gas while watching pornography on his computer.
Thu 16 April 2009
Garofalo to play UK
16/04/2009 … American stand-up Janeane Garofalo is to play a one-off date in London this autumn.
Clement Freud dies at 84
Tributes to Just A Minute star
16/04/2009 … Sir Clement Freud, the former Liberal MP and regular Just A Minute panellist has died at the age of 84.
Wed 15 April 2009
Ringers is dead
15/04/2009 … The BBC has secretly axed Dead Ringers, star Jan Ravens has revealed.
Mr Carry On dies
15/04/2009 … Peter Rogers, the man behind all 31 Carry On films has died at he age of 95.
Davis and Little get 'Married'
15/04/2009 … Lucy Davis and Ralf Little are to star in a new ITV1 romantic comedy: Married, Single, Other.