Critics love Russell
23/03/2007 … Russell Brand has been named best TV performer by a panel of professional critics.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 23 March 2007
Farewell to John Inman
23/03/2007 … John Inman was ‘given a good send-off’ by friends and family in London today.
Doing things by Calfs
23/03/2007 … Steve Coogan is planning to bring Paul and Pauline Calf back to life.
A Shaky sexuality
23/03/2007 … ‘Stand-up keeps getting slagged off because there are so many bad people doing it’- Sean Hughes.
© Working Title Bean there, done that
23/03/2007 … Rowan Atkinson says he is unlikely to play Mr Bean ever again.
Thu 22 March 2007
Old McDonald's funny farm
Trevor to front satirical comedy
22/03/2007 … Sir Trevor McDonald is to front as new satirical comedy show for ITV1.
Wed 21 March 2007
Comic release
21/03/2007 … New DVDs from Simon Munnery, Richard Herring and Tony Law are in the pipeline from a company set up to market comedians not famous enough for large-scale releases.
© BBC Little Miss is a big hit
21/03/2007 … Jocelyn Jee Esien has landed a second series of Little Miss Jocelyn – and this time it will air on BBC Two.