No question...
Pegg's pub quiz comedy isn't happening
08/08/2006 … Simon Pegg has denied reports he’s working on a new comedy set around a pub quiz team.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 08 August 2006
Where are all the girls?
French's fears for new female comics
08/08/2006 … Dawn French has said she is worried that too few new female comedians are breaking through into the big time.
Only fools and horses
08/08/2006 … A clown’s joke book from 1871 has been unearthed, casting new light on the history of stand-up comedy.
Mon 07 August 2006
Taking a stand...
Comics back U Win Tin campaign
07/08/2006 … Comics including Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Ed Byrne and Daniel Kitson have given their backing to a campaign to release Burmese dissident U Win Tin.
Fri 04 August 2006
How to stop gag theft
Comics given free legal advice
04/08/2006 … Comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe are to be offered free legal advice on how to stop their material being stolen.
Thu 03 August 2006
'Ban this sick sketch'
03/08/2006 … MPs are calling on the BBC to pull Armando Iannucci’s new comedy show because it features spoof footage of Tony Blair being assassinated and terrorists crashing…
Date with destiny
Welsh stand-up to host a live TV ad
03/08/2006 … Welsh stand-up Chris Corcoran is to host a unique live advert for an internet dating site on prime-time ITV.
Eddie's really cooking...
Izzard to star in Five's Kitchen drama
03/08/2006 … Eddie Izzard is to play a drunk, fiery chef in a new miniseries commissioned by Five.