I'll be alright on the night
Norden laughs off health rumours
21/08/2009 … Denis Norden has denied newspaper reports that he is ‘seriously ill’ after being rushed to hospital.
Fri 21 August 2009
UnBranded opera
Jo drops out of Gilbert & Sullivan tour
21/08/2009 … Jo Brand has dropped out of the forthcoming tour of The Pirates of Penzance to concentrate on her TV work.
Alan's sitcom is really cooking
21/08/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a full series of Alan Davies comedy Whites, about a lazy celebrity chef.
Russell Brand sex tape
21/08/2009 … Alan Carr has been voted the celeb people would most like to see turned into a gnome.
Krod is dead
21/08/2009 … The Matt Lucas comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire has been axed after one series.
The best of the fest
Kitson, Watson and Morecambe scoop awards
21/08/2009 … Daniel Kitson, Mark Watson and a play about Eric Morcambe have all won Fringe First awards for new theatre in Edinburgh.
absolute21
21/08/2009 … ABSOLUTE Radio is to cover the announcement of this year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner on August 29, in a show hosted by Frank Skinner.