British Comedy Guide 2008 news archive

Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2008.

Trio of British comedies to be broadcast in USA
Tuesday 12th August 2008
Sir Bill Cotton dies aged 80
Monday 11th August 2008
Fringe launches inquiry into box office problems
Monday 11th August 2008
Edinburgh Fringe 2008 officially begins
Monday 4th August 2008
Seven news stories
Friday 1st August 2008
BBC3 to launch multi-platform comedy drama
Friday 1st August 2008
BBC releases new Dad's Army archive material
Wednesday 30th July 2008
BBC receives record fine from Ofcom
Wednesday 30th July 2008
Alan Carr stays at Channel 4 in £3m deal
Monday 28th July 2008
Seventh series of QI confirmed
Saturday 26th July 2008
Rory Bremner may be new Countdown host
Friday 25th July 2008
Both ITV1 and ITV2 to feature more comedy in 2009
Thursday 24th July 2008
E4 commissions all-woman sketch show
Monday 21st July 2008
Paul Eddington was hesitant about playing Hacker
Sunday 20th July 2008
Actor-turned-Mayor tries to lift Life of Brian ban
Saturday 19th July 2008
Lab Rats loses viewers
Friday 18th July 2008
Ricky Gervais' Extras nominated for Emmy awards
Thursday 17th July 2008
ITV2 commissions radio sitcom
Thursday 17th July 2008
Shooting Stars special confirmed
Wednesday 16th July 2008
Torquay comedy film festival - details
Tuesday 15th July 2008
Hancock actor Hugh Lloyd dies
Tuesday 15th July 2008
Comedy videos launch C4's online careers project
Monday 14th July 2008
Corden & Jones 25th most powerful in the media
Monday 14th July 2008
Secret Policeman's Ball to return
Friday 11th July 2008
Lab Rats viewed poorly by critics
Friday 11th July 2008
Modern TV comedy comes under fire
Thursday 10th July 2008
C4 reveals next Comedy Lab season
Thursday 10th July 2008
Kenton Allen to leave the BBC for Big Talk
Thursday 10th July 2008
BBC2 announces autumn comedy line-up
Thursday 10th July 2008
US names best 'underrated' UK comedies
Tuesday 8th July 2008
'Allo 'Allo! returns to the stage
Friday 4th July 2008
Sacha Baron Cohen to play Sherlock Holmes
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Hat Trick developing sitcom idea by Isabel Fay
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Mighty Boosh in possible product placement scandal
Thursday 26th June 2008
VisitBritain promoting British comedy tourism
Wednesday 25th June 2008
ITV orders a third series of Benidorm
Monday 23rd June 2008
ITV remakes American sitcom
Thursday 19th June 2008
Jessica Hynes wants to make Spaced movie
Wednesday 11th June 2008
Blackadder cast to discuss revival
Tuesday 10th June 2008
My Family actor Gabriel Thomson arrested
Monday 9th June 2008
Al Murray to stay at ITV with new sketch show
Wednesday 4th June 2008
ITV commission new Simon Nye pilot
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
New Fringe award dedicated to Malcolm Hardee
Monday 2nd June 2008
E4's Inbetweeners get second series
Monday 2nd June 2008
Stephen Fry in America to be expanded
Saturday 31st May 2008
Mangan and Joly to star in travel series
Thursday 29th May 2008
Paul Merton new host of ITV blooper show
Wednesday 28th May 2008
Dad's Army cast to reunite for 40th birthday
Wednesday 28th May 2008
C4 re-orders Ponderland and looks to re-sign Carr
Wednesday 28th May 2008
Chris Rock breaks UK comedy audience record
Saturday 24th May 2008
TalkbackThames moves into web comedy
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Head of comedy at Channel Five quits
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Kris Marshall returns to stage after crash
Saturday 17th May 2008
Peep Show gets a 6th series
Thursday 15th May 2008
BBC Three commissions record label sitcom
Wednesday 14th May 2008
Have I Got News for You accused of sexism
Tuesday 13th May 2008
U.S. Spaced now unlikely to go ahead
Tuesday 13th May 2008
Down the Line and Russell Brand win Sony Awards
Tuesday 13th May 2008
Radio 4 comedy commissioning attacked
Monday 12th May 2008
Stephen Fry gives speech about the BBC
Thursday 8th May 2008
The IT Crowd wins prestigious Rose d'Or award
Wednesday 7th May 2008
The Royle Family may return
Wednesday 7th May 2008
Kris Marshall in intensive care
Monday 28th April 2008
Genius given a full TV series
Monday 28th April 2008
Dodd to be immortalised in bronze
Sunday 27th April 2008
RIP Humphrey Lyttelton
Friday 25th April 2008
No plans to end Peep Show
Friday 25th April 2008
Two Pints series eight confirmed
Monday 21st April 2008
Monday news round-up: seven stories
Monday 21st April 2008
BAFTAs for Harry Hill, Gavin & Stacey, Fonejacker
Sunday 20th April 2008
Mitchell and Webb to make BBC Two sitcom
Wednesday 16th April 2008
Over 11 million watch Friday sitcoms
Monday 14th April 2008
Charlie Brooker moves into horror
Monday 14th April 2008
Jack Dee to write his memoirs
Saturday 12th April 2008
2008 Sony Award nominees announced
Thursday 10th April 2008
Never Better and Roman's Empire to head Stateside
Thursday 3rd April 2008
Benidorm makes strong return, Teenage Kicks slower
Monday 31st March 2008
BBC commissions nine new comedies
Thursday 27th March 2008
Croft and Perry to claim special BAFTA Craft award
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Comic play experiences power cut on opening night
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Peep Show 5 tops C4's 2008 schedule
Wednesday 26th March 2008
It Ain't Half Hot Mum features on Mastermind
Monday 24th March 2008
Summer Wine and Porridge actor Brian Wilde dies
Thursday 20th March 2008
Curse of Comedy lifts BBC4 to record high
Thursday 20th March 2008
On The Buses event announced
Thursday 20th March 2008
RTS awards for Boosh, QI, Fonejacker and others
Thursday 20th March 2008
Bafta shortlist revealed
Tuesday 18th March 2008
Gavin and Stacey 2 launches to great ratings
Monday 17th March 2008
Carry On London may be in cinemas by end of 2008
Thursday 13th March 2008
Steve Coogan returns to stand-up
Wednesday 12th March 2008
BBC launches College Of Comedy
Tuesday 11th March 2008
'Allo 'Allo! invades Germany
Monday 10th March 2008
Gavin and Stacey go abroad
Thursday 6th March 2008
Mumbai Calling gets prime-time ITV1 series
Tuesday 4th March 2008
Royal Television Society (RTS) nominations
Monday 3rd March 2008
Peter Fincham set to expand ITV's comedy output?
Saturday 1st March 2008
BBC's comedian notes uncovered - in depth
Friday 29th February 2008
Outnumbered to be remade in USA
Friday 29th February 2008
British Press Guild Award nominees announced
Thursday 28th February 2008
BBC radio announces more new comedies
Wednesday 27th February 2008
Vic and Bob working on new sitcom
Wednesday 27th February 2008
Basil Fawlty tops best put-downs list
Tuesday 26th February 2008
Moving Wallpaper gets a second series
Monday 25th February 2008
Tommy Cooper statue set to be unveiled
Saturday 23rd February 2008
BBC Three orders three more comedy pilots
Thursday 21st February 2008
BBC Two commissions full series of The Cup
Wednesday 20th February 2008
New newspaper satire in the works
Thursday 14th February 2008
Mighty Boosh film on the cards
Wednesday 13th February 2008
Honour for Jon Plowman
Wednesday 13th February 2008
The death of Derek Trotter
Sunday 10th February 2008
Caroline Aherne working on new comedy film
Friday 8th February 2008
Lenny Henry attacks lack of ethnic diversity on TV
Friday 8th February 2008
BBC announces new comedy writing scheme
Thursday 7th February 2008
C4 to show 'new hero' comedian documentaries
Wednesday 6th February 2008
Collins and Herring launch new podcast series
Friday 1st February 2008
Russell Brand in new radio controversy
Wednesday 30th January 2008
South Bank Show rewards Gavin and Stacey
Tuesday 29th January 2008
Radio sitcom Hut 33 gets a second series
Tuesday 29th January 2008
TV Burp gets record ratings
Monday 28th January 2008
TV satirists escape Madeleine McCann censure
Monday 28th January 2008
Broadcast Awards winners 2008
Thursday 24th January 2008
Guardian Readers vote for favourite shows
Wednesday 23rd January 2008
New sitcom role for Gavin and Stacey star
Wednesday 23rd January 2008
New BBC Three season - full details
Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Thank God You're Here still struggling for ratings
Monday 21st January 2008
Writers' Guild announces sitcom discussion
Monday 21st January 2008
The British Sitcom Guide 2007 Awards announced
Monday 21st January 2008
BBC give After You've Gone a 2009 series too
Thursday 17th January 2008
UKTV Gold to search for funniest comedy decade
Thursday 17th January 2008
Armando Iannucci to make political satire film
Thursday 17th January 2008
RDF changes the focus of its new comedy website
Wednesday 16th January 2008
Viewers back Chris Langham interview
Wednesday 16th January 2008
Latest audience ratings
Monday 14th January 2008
Extras wins Golden Globe award
Monday 14th January 2008
Chris Morris reveals terrorism film plan
Sunday 13th January 2008
Public want Only Fools and Horses to return
Friday 11th January 2008
Chris Langham attempts TV comeback
Sunday 6th January 2008
Free Agents looks set for a full series
Friday 4th January 2008
Flanimals to be made into a film
Friday 4th January 2008

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters