Steptoe's back
New play revisits rag & bone men
23/07/2005 … Steptoe and Son writer Ray Galton is to revive his famous rag and bone men for a new stage play.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 23 July 2005
Regret over bomb joke
Festival stunt 'inappropriate'
23/07/2005 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has admitted that it was wrong to stage a sketch involving hoax bomb threat.
Thu 21 July 2005
Paramount gets Stacked
UK deal for Pamela Anderson sitcom
21/07/2005 … The Paramount Comedy Channel has bought the rights to Pamela Anderson’s new sitcom, Stacked.
Soap and glory
21/07/2005 … Harry Hill is to write a spoof soap opera for ITV1, starring Darren Day as a love-rat landlord.
Terrorist was a comic
Truth about Saudi suicide bomber
21/07/2005 … A suicide bomber who struck in Saudi Arabia was a TV comedian, it was revealed today.
GSOH essential
21/07/2005 … Irish comedian Karl Spain is using his new TV show to try to find a girlfriend.
Wed 20 July 2005
The full Monty
Pythons collaborate on archive show
20/07/2005 … The surviving members of Monty Python are writing new material for a six-part series celebrating the success of the troupe.
The high life
Pam Ann boards Elton's private jet
20/07/2005 … Comedian Pam Ann is to fly to the South of France for a weekend - for a private party with Sir Elton John.