News from the Antipodes
Melbourne, Perth and NZ comedy festivals
Police snare Peter Kay's 'bogus brother'
Court date over fraud charges
Sitcom shelved over US tornados
Mike & Molly series finale on hold
How to get ahead in comedy
John Lloyd and others to share tips at Chortle conference
Blue plaque for Galton & Simpson
At the TB hospital where they met
Bussman writes 'the rudest sitcom ever'
...and now wants someone to fund it
Mumbai misadventures
Comedy Store wins legal victory after its Indian joint venture collapses
Vanity Fair: Dines with Eddie Izzard
BBC News: Why foreign stand-ups come to the UK
Vulture: If Spock was a stand-up
New York Times: On a modest mainstay of the NY circuit
Sydney Morning Herald: Tim Minchin profile
SKY 1 has announced that the second series of its sitcom Starlings, written by and starring Matt King and Steve Edge, will air on Sundays from July.
BEN MILLER is to host the 17th TV Choice Awards on September 9.
VETERAN comic Carol Burnett, 80, will receive the 16th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in October, it has been announced. Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell and Tina Fey won the last three annual awards.
The Treason Show May 22
Pauline Curtin: How To Be Rich & Thin May 22
Laurel & Hardy May 22
Mark Diamond's Breakup Haircuts May 21
Crimes Against Humanities Teachers May 20
We Are Goose: Will You Hold My Hand? May 20
Horse & Louis Party Bucket May 20
Paddy Gervers from Jonny & The Baptists chats entertainingly with chum Laurie Havelock on big topics such as socks, eggs and school punishments. 'Go on, you might tolerate it,' they urge. 
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