ifpanel31

31/07/2008 … THE judging panel for this year’s 2008 if.

A full and Frank account

Skinner pens new memoirs

31/07/2008 … Frank Skinner has written a follow-up to his bestselling autobiography.

Revealed: The world's oldest joke

...and, yes, it's about farts

31/07/2008 … The world’s oldest recorded joke has been discovered, dating back almost 4,000 years.

'Can we not just cancel this shite..?'

Tom Brogan on his nightmare Edinburgh festival

31/07/2008 … A couple of years ago I was offered a part in a comedy play about to embark upon a two week run at the Edinburgh Festival.

BBC3 reaches out for Heroes

Bid to buy Australian comedy

31/07/2008 … BBC Three is in talks to acquire the predecessor to Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High.

ashes30

30/07/2008 … GEORGE CARLIN's ashes have been scattered around some of the nightclubs he used to play in New York.

Beeb fined over Brand phone-in

Fakery costs BBC £400,000

30/07/2008 … Broadcasting watchdogs have fined the BBC £400,000 over phone-in scandals involving Comic Relief, the Russell Brand show and others.

12 months to make it...

C4 follows wannabe stand-up

30/07/2008 … Channel 4 is to follow student Simon Jenkins as he tries to break into the stand-up circuit.