Thu 15 September 2011
Another legal victory for Sacha Baron Cohen
Bruno 'assault' lawsuit thrown out
15/09/2011 … A court has thrown out another lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen – ruling that he was exercising his right to free speech during a tussle which left a woman…
Dom Joly calls police over internet trolls
15/09/2011 … Dom Joly has called in police after an internet troll made death threats against his children.
Spinal Tap top poll
Mockumentary voted best comedy film
15/09/2011 … This is Spinal Tap has been voted the best comedy movie of all time.
galway15
15/09/2011 … TIM MINCHIN, Dylan Moran, Andrew Maxwell and the Rubberbandits have all been announced as part of the Galway Comedy Festival’s line-up next month.
Charlie Brooker writes 'British Twilight Zone'
...with Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong
15/09/2011 … Charlie Brooker and Peep Show’s Jesse Armstrong have written a Channel 4 mini-series described as ‘a contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone’.
Sky goes on a Trollied dash
15/09/2011 … Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy TrolliedThe first eight-part series – starring Jane Horrocks as the acting deputy managing of fictional…