Mary Bourke: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
22/08/2011 … There are so many beautifully crafted turns of phrase in Mary Bourke's show that there really should be a massive queue jostling to get into this tiny, out-of-the…
Mon 22 August 2011
Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence
22/08/2011 … This is an excellent hour with a mix of thoughtful themes, social observation, chirpy smut and personal warmth.
Mark Nelson: Guilty Pleasures
22/08/2011 … Describing the White Belly venue as somewhere that Hitler would have come to die, Scottish, Glasgow-dwelling, comedian Mark Nelson gets off to a quick start with…
Sun 21 August 2011
Jason Manford wins Born To Shine
21/08/2011 … Jason Manford has won ITV’s charity talent show Born To Shine, after learning how to sing opera.
Frankie Boyle to make C4 comeback
21/08/2011 … Frankie Boyle is set to return to Channel 4 with a topical talk show recorded on the night before transmission.
Fringe comic attacked with bottle
...while out flyering dressed as Gadaafi
21/08/2011 … Fringe comedian Jeff Mirza says he was hit by a glass bottle while flyering dressed as Colonel Gadaafi.
Frank Skinner goes into Room 101
21/08/2011 … Room 101 is to return after a four-year hiatus – with Frank Skinner the new host.