22/08/2007 … MEL SMITH is to make his West End debut in the musical Hairspray when it opens on October 11.

Spreading some Abbey-ness

ITV orders rehab sitcom

22/08/2007 … ITV1 has ordered a full run of Morwenna Banks’s rehab comedy The Abbey.

Homer Simpson, man of letters

Quotes make Oxford dictionary

22/08/2007 … Homer Simpson’s words of wisdom have taken their place in the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

20 questions: 3ft 6in comic Tanyalee Davis

22/08/2007 … Which comedian(s) inspired you to become a stand-up? No comedians inspired me to become a comedian.

manwhowalks22

22/08/2007 … BILLY CONNOLLY is to star as a madman with a glass eye and a fondness for whisky in a film adaptation of Scottish novel The Man Who Walks, to be directed by Trainspotting…

21/08/2007 … EPISODES of The Office and Little Britain will be available as mobile phone downloads following a deal between the BBC and the O2 network.

20 questions: Dan Clark

21/08/2007 … Which comedian(s) inspired you to become a stand-up? There was never really anyone who made me want to do stand up specifically.

Special Kay...

Kay tops favourite comic poll

21/08/2007 … Both Billy Connolly and Peter Kay are Britain’s favourite comedians, according to a new survey.