© BBC Gavin & Stacey go to America
06/03/2008 … Gavin & Stacey is to be the latest British comedy to be remade in the States.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 06 March 2008
© BBC Wed 05 March 2008
Lords reject blasphemy case
Jerry Springer Opera in the clear
05/03/2008 … The House of Lords has thrown out the final legal challenge that hardline Christians brought against Jerry Springer: The Opera.
© NBC Dreaming of Paris...
Hilton lands guest role with Earl
05/03/2008 … Paris Hilton is to appear in the US sitcom My Name Is Earl - as herself.
Tue 04 March 2008
Curtis's 'Boat' sets sail
Filming starts on pirate radio comedy
04/03/2008 … Love Actually writer Richard Curtis has started shooting his latest film – his first that’s not a romantic comedy.
ITV calls on Mumbai sitcom
Full series for call-centre comedy
04/03/2008 … ITV1 is planning a full series of the Sanjeev Bhaskar sitcom Mumbai Calling.
Mon 03 March 2008
He put the 'strip' in The Comic Strip
03/03/2008 … Paul Raymond, the porn baron whose helped the alternative comedy scene flourish in the early Eighties, has died aged 82.
Peep Show vs Thick Of It
03/03/2008 … Peep Show and The Thick Of It dominate the comedy shortlists for the Royal Television Society Awards, announced today.
Noel turns gay for Russell
Oasis star to appear in Brand film
03/03/2008 … Noel Gallagher has landed a role in the film version of Russell Brand’s autobiography – playing a ‘seedy homosexual’.