21/09/2007 … SUE PERKINS has been nominated for entertainer of the year by gay rights group Stonewall, alongside Coronation Street's Antony Cotton, rapper Mz Fontaine, The Feeling…

Broadway, here he comes...

Jeffries lands Denis Leary support gig

20/09/2007 … British-based stand-up Jim Jeffries is to open for Denis Leary at the New York Comedy Festival.

'She thinks she’s in with a chance. It’s tragic and embarrassing'

Brenda Blethyn on playing a club comic

20/09/2007 … Comedians always get a raw deal when portrayed in fiction, with that tragic tears-of-a-clown image proving just too irresistible to dramatists.

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20/09/2007 … DIGITAL channel UKTV G2, which airs reruns of such shows as QI, Catherine Tate, Little Britain and The Mighty Boosh, is to be renamed 'Dave' and broadcast on Freeview.

20/09/2007 … RUSSELL KANE is taking over as host of Radio 2's stand-up show Out To Lunch when it returns this autumn.

Have I got views for you...

Merton lands more travelogues

20/09/2007 … Paul Merton is to make two more travelogues – about India and Germany - following the success of his programmes about China.

Sued for $65m over 'stolen' gag

Comedy Central's Colbert stands accused

20/09/2007 … A comedian says he is launching a $65million lawsuit against a rival who stole his joke.

Genius on the box

Gorman's show set for TV transfer

19/09/2007 … Dave Gorman’s Radio 4 show Genius is set to transfer on to TV.