The new Messiah

Idle plans Life Of Brian oratoria

15/02/2007 … Eric Idle is planning a new musical based on Monty Python’s Life Of Brian.

14/02/2007 … CHANNEL 4 is looking for funny clips and short films to screen at the Glasgow Comedy Festival.

Don't mess with the Family

Lawyers stop Family Guy parody

14/02/2007 … Lawyers have shut down a one-man stand-up show about Family Guy, claiming it contains violates its copyright.

14/02/2007 … MADONNA has come out as a big fan of Pam Ann, the comedy air hostess creation of Caroline Reid, saying she finds her 'cruelly funny'.

14/02/2007 … KELSEY GRAMMER's new sitcom Action News has been confirmed for a 13-episode run on America's Fox network.

13/02/2007 … CATHERINE TATE's stroppy teenager Lauren is set to encounter Tony Blair for a Comic Relief sketch, according to newspaper reports.

Only Eeijits and Horses

Scotland gets its own market traders sitcom

13/02/2007 … The BBC has commissioned a new sitcom – about a couple of dodgy market traders.

How comedy got serious

Alexei Sayle on today’s slick business

13/02/2007 … The ‘shambolic chaos’ of the comedy circuit has been replaced by businesslike professionalism and ‘the smell of money’ Alexei Sayle has claimed.