It's Carr, James Carr
26/07/2005 … Jimmy Carr is to play a spy in a £25million blockbuster.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 26 July 2005
Jumbo role
Pegg, Gents star in elephant cartoon
26/07/2005 … Simon Pegg and The League Of Gentlemen are to lend their voices to a new Norwegian animated film about a drug-addicted circus elephant.
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Fringe punters to review by SMS
26/07/2005 … Fringe-goers will be able to lodge their opinion about Edinburgh shows by text this year.
Mon 25 July 2005
Always bet on Spam
Python musical heads for Vegas
25/07/2005 … Monty Python's Spamalot is to transfer to Las Vegas – just as soon as a theatre is built to house it.
Pryor award axed
25/07/2005 … The Richard Pryor award for the best ethnic comedian on the Edinburgh Fringe has been axed after just one year.
Showing 'em how its done
Brits and Irish conquer Montreal
25/07/2005 … British and Irish based comics have again been hailed the toast of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Sun 24 July 2005
Woman's work...
All-female comedy tour launched
24/07/2005 … An all-women comedy line-up, headed by Fast Show star Arabella Weir, is to tour the UK this autumn.
Awards keep coming
The Office scoops another accolade
24/07/2005 … It may have been over for 18 months, but The Office has picked up another award in the States.