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Radio 2 show for Mitchell and Webb
21/04/2007 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb have written a sci-fi comedy for Radio 2.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 21 April 2007
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Rubbish jokes
21/04/2007 … Peter Kay is reportedly set to play a binman in a new comedy co-written by The Royle Family's Craig Cash.
Fri 20 April 2007
Hearses, goats and bags of shit
20/04/2007 … Peep Show writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain say they have often used the experiences of one of their Channel 4 bosses in their scrips.
Dick Vosburgh dies
Writer who dominated five decades
20/04/2007 … Veteran comedy writer, broadcaster and lyricist Dick Vosburgh has died at the age of 77The American-born gagsmith provided jokes for almost every leading comedy…
Thu 19 April 2007
21st Century Liver Birds
19/04/2007 … Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have written a new female-led sitcom for ITV1 billed as a modern take on Seventies classic The Liver Birds.
Wed 18 April 2007
Dad's Army hits the stage
18/04/2007 … Dad’s Army is to be revived as a stage show – starring Leslie Grantham as spiv Private Walker.
E4 trousers its first sitcom
18/04/2007 … E4 has commissioned its first original sitcom, Baggy Trousers.
The six-hour set
Chappelle's marathon stand-up session
18/04/2007 … Dave Chappelle performed a comedy-club set lasting more than six hours on Sunday night.