I'm spitting!
Kay's dismay at Blackpool backtrack
03/09/2006 … Peter Kay was dumped as the celebrity turning on the Blackpool illuminations on Friday – in favour of Dale Winton.
Sun 03 September 2006
Sat 02 September 2006
Comedy Gold
02/09/2006 … Acclaimed American sitcom The New Adventures Of Old Christine has been bought by UKTV Gold.
The full Monty?
Palin plans final Python album
02/09/2006 … Michael Palin wants to reunite with his former Monty Python colleagues to produce one last comedy album.
It's not Respectable
Protest at Five's brothel sitcom
02/09/2006 … A women’s charity has blasted new channel Five sitcom Respectable for glamorising prostitution.
Fri 01 September 2006
Demo mode
Thomas organises Westminster protest
01/09/2006 … Mark Thomas has organised a protest against the no-demo zone imposed around Parliament About 100 people, all staging individual protests, gathered in the half-mile…
GagSlag #1
Our new weekly trivia round-up
01/09/2006 … Welcome to our new weekly round-up of gossipy and utterly trivial press cuttings that we couldn't find any other place for over the past seven days.
Soap to stand-up
01/09/2006 … Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay is to appear in a new play about stand-up comics.
Begging for Mersey
Jongleurs to open in Liverpool
01/09/2006 … Jongleurs is to open its 17th comedy club – in Liverpool.