Ricky the romantic

Gervais's first Hollywood starring role

27/03/2007 … Ricky Gervais has signed up to star in his first movie.

27/03/2007 … STEPHEN MERCHANT would like Chevy Chase and Prince as the guest stars for the final one-off episode of Extras.

BBC says sorry for After You've Gone

Apology over sitcom swearing

26/03/2007 … BBC One has apologised after the Nicholas Lyndhurst sitcom After You’ve Gone broadcast the words ‘shag’, ‘crap’, ‘bollocks’ and ‘tits’ in a Sunday…

New Fringe boss named

Morgan takes over in June

26/03/2007 … The new director of the Edinburgh Fringe has been named as Jon Morgan.

Havin a laugh - on us

Win signed Extras DVDs

26/03/2007 … The second series of Extras is released on double DVD today – and we have three signed copies to give away.

Richard Morton – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

26/03/2007 … Richard Morton’s calling isn’t so much comedian as salesman.

How to make a comedy hit

TV experts have their say

25/03/2007 … British TV needs more successful, long-running comedy shows to nurture new talent and establish a bigger audience for the genre.

Not up 4 a laugh

Merchant: C4 comedy has lost its way

24/03/2007 … Extras star Stephen Merchant says Channel 4 has lost its way with comedy.