The birth of Ali G

How Sacha Baron Cohen got started

05/01/2007 … Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed that his brand of ‘undercover comedy’ came about after being teased on the street by a gang of skateboarders.

05/01/2007 … CHRIS ROCK has promised to help the 800,000 people who live in Kenya's biggest slum.

The funny 50

Scores of comics in ITV2 showcase

04/01/2007 … Dozens of the leading names on the stand-up circuit are to get exposure on a new ITV2 showcase.

Beyond the bar

Al Murray plans new characters

04/01/2007 … Al Murray is working on a new sketch show – but without the Pub Landlord persona that made him famous.

A born-again Christian...

Another Dibley episode on the cards

03/01/2007 … The Vicar of Dibley is to return for another ‘last ever’ episode.

World of laughs

4th series for stand-up show

03/01/2007 … A fourth series of The World Stands Up has been commissioned by for broadcast in America, Britain and Australia.

03/01/2007 … THE SPECIAL hour-long edition of The Thick of It attracted a healthy 237,000 viewers to BBC Four at 10.

02/01/2007 … LEADING South African comic Barry Hilton is performing a one-off gig in London - at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue - on January 21.