Police snare Peter Kay's 'bogus brother'
21/05/2013 … Police have tracked down a man who allegedly posed as the Peter Kay’s brother to con pub landlords.
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21/05/2013 … Police have tracked down a man who allegedly posed as the Peter Kay’s brother to con pub landlords.
21/05/2013 … The Melbourne comedy festival has announced a record-breaking year, taking more than £8.
21/05/2013 … Eddie Braben – the writer who created the relationship that made Morecambe and Wise megastars – has died at the age of 82.
20/05/2013 … Chortle is to stage another conference for new and up-and-comings comics to get the lowdown on all aspects of the industry.
19/05/2013 … Hancock and Steptoe and Son writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are to be honoured with a blue plaque at the hospital where they met.
18/05/2013 … Smack The Pony writer Jane Bussmann has written 'the rudest sitcom ever' – and is seeking commercial sponsorship to make it happen.
17/05/2013 … Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong were lined up to write Flight of the Conchords' US sitcom but had to pull out when their Channel 4 show was recommissioned.
17/05/2013 … Ricky Gervais name-drops in a new interview with GQ, revealing his attitude to ‘jumping the shark’: ‘Christopher Guest said to me—we were talking about comedians…
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