Comedy with balls
13/03/2006 … Dave Spikey has written a spoof documentary about the world of Sunday league football, which he hopes to get commissioned in time for June’s World Cup.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 13 March 2006
Sat 11 March 2006
Men are ruining comedy
Weir wants more female TV execs
11/03/2006 … Arabella Weir says TV comedy is rubbish – because too much of it is commissioned by men.
MTV forgives Brand
Wayward comic gets a second chance
11/03/2006 … Russell Brand is returning to MTV, four years after being sacked for his junkie lifestyle.
Thu 09 March 2006
Sadowitz price row
Gigs cancelled over ticket demands
09/03/2006 … Two comedy clubs have pulled gigs by Jerry Sadowitz – because he demanded ticket prices be more than doubled.
Feline threatened
Bill Bailey helps save the jaguar
09/03/2006 … Bill Bailey has spent two weeks with the ‘jaguar people’ of Brazil for a new Sky One documentary.
The two of us
Comedy duos to examine friendship
09/03/2006 … Five comedy partnership have created a series of short Radio 4 pieces about the nature of friendship.
Wed 08 March 2006
Kay joins t'ardis
08/03/2006 … Peter Kay is to appear in the next series of Doctor Who.
Fawlty reunion
08/03/2006 … Fawlty Towers stars Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs are to be reunited for a new TV comedy.