Back to school
19/09/2005 … Coupling star Sarah Alexander is to star in a new American sitcom about disillusioned schoolteachers.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 19 September 2005
Ceiling caves in
Nigel Planer's play closes fast
19/09/2005 … Nigel Planer’s first West End play has announced it will close – less than a week after first night.
Sun 18 September 2005
Lenny Bruce's wife dies
She'd campaigned to clear his name
18/09/2005 … Lenny Bruce’s former wife Honey Bruce Friedman has died at the age of 78.
Comedy to go
BBC plans programmes for phone
18/09/2005 … The BBC is planning a comedy show that can play out on TV, online and on mobile phones.
Thu 15 September 2005
New York Norton
15/09/2005 … Graham Norton is to continue his bid for major US stardom with a run of live dates in New York.
Entering Hyperdrive
Frost lands lead in sci-fi sitcom
15/09/2005 … Spaced and Shaun Of The Dead actor Nick Frost is to star in BBC Two’s new sci-fi sitcom – giving him his first lead role in a TV comedy.
Wed 14 September 2005
Sein of success
Jerry honoured at new comedy fest
14/09/2005 … Jerry Seinfeld is to be honoured at America’s newest comedy festival.
Forgotten Britons
Unseen Little Britain characters revealed
14/09/2005 … Some of the Little Britain characters that never made it to screen are to be included on a new DVD.