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It's the longest day... so even more time tio read your
weekly round-up of comedy news
courtesy of Chortle.co.uk. As
always, for more – plus listings of thousands of forthcoming
comedy events - check the website.
 Greg Davies is to write and star in his
own Channel 4 pilot – as another teacher. >>
Charlie Brooker’s spoof detective procedural A Touch Of Cloth is to be
made into a feature length film. >>
Ricky Gervais has ousted Stephen Fry as the most influential comedy
person on Twitter >>
While super-agent Addison Cresswell has been named the most influential
person in comedy. >>
ITV2 has piloted a sitcom set in ancient Rome, starring Friday Night
Dinner’s Tom Rosenthal. >>
Kevin Eldon has landed his own BBC Two series. >>
The director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards has praised Fringe
organisers for dodging the potential catastrophe caused by clashing
with the Olympic Games.>>
Armando Iannucci has revealed some of the plot of the new Alan
Partridge movie. >>
A comedy promoter has been charged with disorderly conduct after
describing a comedian as ‘crippled’ – even though the act uses the same
word herself. >>
Comic Adam Carolla has claimed mediocre women fare better in comedy
because there are fewer genuinely funny females. >>
Rufus Hound is to host a new ‘comedy hypnotism gameshow’ for ITV2. >>
Comedian Caimh McDonnell has come up with a novel way of getting his
Edinburgh show seen by critics ... by offering to pay £100 for every
review published. >>
Meanwhile American comic Kevin Hart is charging fans up to £180 to see
his one-off show in London this September. >>
And there was something to do with Jimmy Carr, too...
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Will the tax scandal hit Jimmy Carr's comedy career? >>
On the 'joys' of the open mic circuit >>
Should Armando Iannucci have accepted the OBE? >>
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Bob Downe at London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern >>
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