No Partridge shoot
16/04/2006 … The planned Alan Partridge movie has been put on ice following problems with the script.
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Sun 16 April 2006
Sat 15 April 2006
Ross returns
15/04/2006 … Ross Noble is to return to the UK this summer for a major tour.
Fri 14 April 2006
South Park censored
14/04/2006 … South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have taken a potshot at the Comedy Central network, after it banned them from showing an image of Mohammed.
Burns loses Heart
Comic out of his drivetime slot
14/04/2006 … Stand-up Greg Burns has been dropped from Heart FM’s drivetime show in London.
Thu 13 April 2006
For Linda...
13/04/2006 … Friends of Linda Smith are planning two tribute gigs to raise money for causes close to her heart.
Wed 12 April 2006
Grappling with comedy
Crook to star in wrestling spoof
12/04/2006 … Mackenzie Crook is to play a tacky British wrestling manager in the latest of a trio of spoof films about the Seventies and Eighties.
Thomson's last show
Late producer's idea is commissioned
12/04/2006 … The last comedy show devised by producer Harry Thompson before he died last year is to be made for BBC Three.
The wonder down under
Melbourne Comedy Festival starts today
12/04/2006 … The 20th Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off today, with hundreds of comedians descending on the city.