Monty Python speak!
29/08/2006 … All the surviving members of Monty Python are to appear on a South Bank Show documentary about the musical Spamalot.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 29 August 2006
Win, jus' like that
Tommy Cooper DVDs up for grabs
29/08/2006 … A new Tommy Cooper DVD, The Very Best Of And The Missing Pieces, is to be released on September 4.
Best fest yet
Fringe sells record 1.5m tickets
29/08/2006 … The Edinburgh Fringe has sold a record-breaking 1.
Mon 28 August 2006
In good spirits
28/08/2006 … Comics Andy Zaltzman, Owen O’Neill and The 4 Noels are among the winners of the annual ‘spirit of the Fringe’ awards handed out by Edinburgh…
Office scoops Emmy
...And 'Seinfeld curse' is lifted
28/08/2006 … The US version of The Office has been named best comedy in America’s top television awards.
Ben's back on TV
New ITV show 'is not a sitcom'
28/08/2006 … Ben Elton is to star in his own TV series for the first time in 12 years.
Sat 26 August 2006
'Racist' wins the Eddie
Nichol's show triumphs in Edinburgh
26/08/2006 … Phil Nichol has won Edinburgh's top comedy award for his show The Naked Racist.
Mason sues Christians
Comic's fury over religious cartoons
26/08/2006 … Jackie Mason is suing Christian evangelical group Jews For Jesus over a pamphlet spreading their message.