A new stage of life
Rich Hall writes his first play
09/01/2006 … Rich Hall has written his first stage play Levelland opens near his home in Montana this week – as a trial run for the Edinburgh festival in August.
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Mon 09 January 2006
Have your say
Voting opens in Chortle awards
09/01/2006 … Voting has opened for the 2006 Chortle awards.
Sun 08 January 2006
Debs remembered
New memoirs of writer DA Barham
08/01/2006 … The father of tragic comedy writer Debbie Barham has written a book chronicling her battle with anorexia.
Fri 06 January 2006
Sales to the Max
Peter Kay tops fitness DVD chart
06/01/2006 … Peter Kay’s fitness video has become fastest-selling exercise DVD.
Cleese to tour again
06/01/2006 … John Cleese is planning more dates for his live show, prompting speculation about a full-scale tour of Britain and America.
Thu 05 January 2006
Carr angers gypsies
05/01/2006 … The BBC has issued an apology after broadcasting a Jimmy Carr joke that offended gypsies on Radio 4.
Pub FM
Murray lands his own radio show
05/01/2006 … Pub Landlord Al Murray has landed his own radio show.
Let me entertain you
Robbie Williams wants to be a comic
05/01/2006 … It could be definitive proof that comedy really is the new rock and roll –Robbie Williams says he wants to quit music to become a stand-up.