25/05/2007 … WILLIAM SHATNER is to host two of the gala shows at the 25th Just For Laughs comedy festival in his home town of Montreal in July, it was announced on Friday.

A waste of time

Whitehouse's new radio project

25/05/2007 … Paul Whitehouse has recorded a radio version of a new book written by Peep Show producer Robert Popper.

Gone, but not forgotten

Bid to put comedy studios on the map

25/05/2007 … Think of English comedy films of the Forties, and chances are Ealing Studios will spring to mind.

Ronni luvs Dustin

The week's comedy trivia

25/05/2007 … ‘Comics are not so much sad as angry about everything.

What am I bid for this cactus?

Python prop under the hammer

25/05/2007 … A prop cactus used in a Monty Python 37 years ago is expected to fetch more than £500 at auction.

TFI Fry-Day

Stephen Fry news updates...

25/05/2007 … Stephen Fry has written a new version of the Cinderella pantomime to be staged at London’s Old Vic.

Jongleurs share slump

Group warns of poor sales

25/05/2007 … The value of Jongleurs’ parent company Regent Inns has plunged by almost a fifth in just one day after it warned that business has slumped.

24/05/2007 … DAVID WALLIAMS will be the guest presenter on The Friday Night Project next week.