Win tickets to Latitude festival
27/05/2008 … The Latitude Festival returns for the third time this year, with a mix of music, literature, poetry, theatre, cabaret – and a very strong comedy line-up.
Tue 27 May 2008
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27/05/2008 … MUSLIM comic Jeff Mirza is to host a new gameshow Faith Off – which will pitch teams from different religions against each other – for digital TV’s Islam Channel.
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27/05/2008 … KELSEY GRAMMER has signed up to star in the pilot episode of new US sitcom Roman's Empire, based on the BBC series about a self-made millionaire and his large family.
Mon 26 May 2008
UnGentlemanly conduct...
League star slams 'rip-off' advert
26/05/2008 … Steve Pemberton has slammed adverts for Bounty kitchen towel for ‘ripping off’ a League of Gentlemen character.
Sun 25 May 2008
Chic lit
Daughter pens Murray's biography
25/05/2008 … The daughter of legendary Scottish comedian Chic Murray is writing a book of his life – including previously unpublished jokes.
Rock claims audience record
25/05/2008 … Chris Rock has smashed the record for the biggest live comedy gig in Britain – with an audience more than 50 per cent bigger than previous title-holder Lee Evans.
© NBC Rowan & Martin's Coff-In
25/05/2008 … Dick Martin, the wackier half of the duo behind seminal Sixties comedy show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, has died at the age of 86.