ITV to make Tommy Cooper drama
Shameless star David Threlfall is to play Tommy Cooper in a new ITV drama.
Comedian 'fired' after sexist heckles
Club refuses to book comic who complained
Billy Crystal to play a comedian
TV pilot set in a sketch show
I Can't Sing!
Harry Hill reveals the title of his X-Factor musical
Hannibal the conqueror
Buress lands major US TV deal
7 Days comes around again
Al Murray's 5 Live show recommissioned
Al Murray plans Pub Landlord movie
Script already written
Eddie Braben dies
Morecambe & Wise writer was 82
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
MICHAEL McINTYRE is to play a one-ff sate at the Bath Theatre Royal on June 2 to raise money for the Gardner's Memorial School Trust. Tickets
THE finalists for this year's Amused Moose LaughOff competition - to be held in Edinburgh on August 11 - have been announced as Alex Smith, Alistair Williams, Angus Dunican, Pierre Novellie, Sean Cannon and Steve Bugeja
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.
A Puppet Named Desire May 23
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
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. 
If you're honouring a great writer like Eddie Braben, at least quote him correctly
The Office vs The Office. Which is best?
Richard Herring explains his podcast plans
For God's sake, stay away from the New Zealand Comedy Festival
15 tips for new comedy writers
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