by Mike O'Brien, Bruce Dessau

16/11/2006 … The title The Best Stand-up And Comedy Routines really ought to come with an asterix and the footnote: ‘…provided it was released on Laughing Stock.

The clip joint

10hrs of stand-up goes online

16/11/2006 … A new website has been set up, offering more than ten hours of stand-up comedy.

I'm a comic, get me out of here

Burns leaves I'm A Celeb

16/11/2006 … Brendon Burns has left the ITV2 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here spin-off after just three days.

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16/11/2006 … SPOOF air hostess Pam Ann has announced a 41-date tour of the UK next spring.

16/11/2006 … LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN star Mark Gatiss has joined the cast of BBC One's high-profile drama series Jekyll, which is currently filming - and due to air next year.

More glamour and drugs...

BBC Three reorders comedies

16/11/2006 … BBC Three has commissioned new series of both Drop Dead Gorgeous and Johnny Vegas’s Ideal.

Comedy news

BBC1 plans local paper sitcom

16/11/2006 … Perrier-winner Laura Solon is to star in a new BBC One sitcom set in a local newspaper office.

15/11/2006 … SCOTTISH stand-up comic Janey Godley has landed a US publishing deal for her serious autobiography Handstands In The Dark.