Carr lands C4 gameshow
Celebrity Ding-Dong set for Friday nights
09/08/2007 … Alan Carr is to front a prime-time celebrity gameshow for Channel 4.
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Thu 09 August 2007
Wed 08 August 2007
Comic heroes...
08/08/2007 … ITV2 has commissioned its first original sitcom – an eight-part series about the off-duty lives of a group of superheroes.
Comic in racism row
Johns hits back at Internet campaign
08/08/2007 … A group of Jewish comedy fans have started an internet campaign against stand-up Dave Johns, claiming he subjected them to a ‘disgusting’ torrent of racial abuse.
Coogan's Eagle soars
Hapless ski-jumper's story will be told
08/08/2007 … Steve Coogan is to play Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in a new biopic about the hapless ski-jumper.
Tue 07 August 2007
© BBC America imports the Worst
07/08/2007 … Amercia’s CBS network is to attempt a remake of the BBC comedy The Worst Week of My Life.
Mon 06 August 2007
Adam fine honour
Hills scoops Aussie theatre award
06/08/2007 … Adam Hills has won one of Australia’s most prestigious theatre awards.
Download me... just like that
New comedy website sells old shows
06/08/2007 … One of the new generation of websites selling comedy shows online has been launched, featuring the likes of Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and George and Mildred.