06/06/2007 … STAND-UP Will Smith has landed his own Radio 4 show, The Tao Of Bergerac, about him trying to make sense of life using an audiobook of John Nettles reading the ancient…

Comedy by the book

New guide to being a stand-up

06/06/2007 … Comic Logan Murray is writing a book on how to be a stand-up – after giving hundreds of hopefuls their start in the business.

06/06/2007 … CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM star Larry David has split from his wife Laurie, an environmental campaigner, after 14 years.

06/06/2007 … JERRY SEINFELD and Chris Rock will headline the third annual comedy festival at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in November.

Mike Birbiglia – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

06/06/2007 … Giving lie to the image of New Yorkers as irredeemably brash, Mike B is a slow-burner of an act; a comic with such a laid-back style that it borders on the sluggish.

Colin Murphy – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

06/06/2007 … Colin Murphy’s a reliable crowd-pleaser; an experienced headliner with fluid, natural delivery and a sizeable bank of anecdotes and observations, which rarely…

Simon's story

Amsell works on BBC2 sitcom

05/06/2007 … Simon Amstell is working on a sitcom based on his own upbringing in a Jewish family for BBC Two.

Thick's second chance

US networks still interested

05/06/2007 … Hopes for a US version of The Thick Of It have been revived, despite the failure of a pilot episode.