Jack Douglas dies
18/12/2008 … Carry On star Jack Douglas has died of pneumonia at the age of 81.
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Thu 18 December 2008
© BBC It's not the Last Of The Summer Wine
BBC denies sitcom is cancelled
18/12/2008 … The BBC has denied that Last Of The Summer Wine is to end – despite the claims of its producer.
Tue 16 December 2008
Herring swears off the bad language
...but only for an ITV experiment
16/12/2008 … Richard Herring is taking part in an experiment to see whether comedy is funny without swearing for a TV documentaryThe comic filmed a cleaned-up version of his…
Mon 15 December 2008
Armando's Loop gets Sundance premiere
Satire to debut at next month's film fest
15/12/2008 … Armando Iannucci's movie spin-off from The Thick Of It will receive its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
C4 closes its comedy website
4Laughs shuts amid budget crisis
15/12/2008 … Channel 4 is closing its dedicated comedy website 4Laughs.
Ernie's set in stone
15/12/2008 … A statue of Ernie Wise is to be built in his home town of Morley, West Yorkshire, ten years after his death.
Rhod fronts £2m ad campaign
15/12/2008 … Stand-up Rhod Gilbert has been signed up to front a £2.
Sun 14 December 2008
Chubby ruins Christmas...
X-rated stand-up played in Santa's grotto
14/12/2008 … Roy Chubby Brown reduced children to tears as they queued to see Santa – after his filthy routine was played over a store’s loudspeakers.