Rock claims audience record
25/05/2008 … Chris Rock has smashed the record for the biggest live comedy gig in Britain – with an audience more than 50 per cent bigger than previous title-holder Lee Evans.
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Sun 25 May 2008
© NBC Rowan & Martin's Coff-In
25/05/2008 … Dick Martin, the wackier half of the duo behind seminal Sixties comedy show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, has died at the age of 86.
Fri 23 May 2008
ITV drops Brand's comedy
23/05/2008 … ITV1 has reportedly dropped the Russell Brand sitcom The Abbey.
Everbody dance like a horse...
23/05/2008 … ‘The Queen must think she's a great comedian because all she sees is people fawning, laughing at everything she says.
Rivers will run...
West End stage debut for Joan Rivers
23/05/2008 … Joan Rivers is to perform in London and Edinburgh this summer.
Thu 22 May 2008
French & Saunders coming to London
22/05/2008 … French and Saunders are to perform in London in October.
Sketch troupe land web deal
First internet venture for Talkback Thames
22/05/2008 … Sketch group Navelgazing – which includes The Office’s Jamie Deeks and Ewen MacIntosh – has signed a two-year deal to develop new comedy for the internet.
Getting into comedy college
22/05/2008 … The BBC has announced the up-and-coming writers who will take part in its new College of Comedy training scheme.