Oh yes - we're back!

Birmingham Comedy Festival
Friday 3 October-Sunday 12 October 2008

Birmingham's dedicated comedy festival returns with over 35 fantastic shows and special events over 10 days.

After his storming arena-packing appearance back in 2005, Lee Evans returns to the NIA. He's joined in a quite frankly classic line-up by the Professor of Stand-up, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Carr (fast becoming a festival regular), Mock The Week's Frankie Boyle, Black Books' Dylan Moran, comic and author Mark Steel, former Red Dwarf cast members Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett, the Arctic Monkeys' favourite punk poet John Cooper Clarke, Josie Long (back for her second Electric Adventure Club), Tonightly's Jason Manford, if.comedy 2008 winner David O'Doherty and Felix Dexter.

As always, there's also a strong local contingent with Jo Enright, fresh from the success of BBC2's Lab Rats, and the love him or hate him Rev' Ted Chippington, plus Puerile Comedy, Futurology, Stool Pigeon, Dudley's Sean Percival and a host of up-and-coming poets, raconteurs and comedians in a special Wrote Under night.

Meanwhile, So Solid's Harvey joins the cast of The Brothers, artist Steve Lilly celebrates British film and television comedy and Birmingham-born icon Tony Hancock is remembered.

What more could you want?

2008 Listings	Features	Acknowledgements
What to know who's appearing in the 2008 Birmingham Comedy Festival? It's all here along with venue and ticket booking details for all the shows and a downloadable brochure... Full 2008 Festival Listings	Interviews, Q&As and features on some of the major acts who are appearing in the 2008 Birmingham Comedy Festival. Including Frankie Boyle, if.comedy winner David O'Doherty, Jason Manford... Features	2008's festival comes to you with the gracious support Wye Valley Brewery. A word from our sponsors. Our media partner is BirminghamMail.net.

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