Mon 19 June 2006
Sun 18 June 2006
Unsound comedy
18/06/2006 … Scores of comedy fans walked out Jackie Mason's Manchester gig on Friday night – but not because of his often controversial material.
Sat 17 June 2006
Homophobic thugs jailed
Life for killing Jongeurs man Jody
17/06/2006 … The two thugs who murdered Jongleurs bar manager Jody Dobrowski just for being gay have both been jailed for life.
Fri 16 June 2006
Tsars in their eyes
Plans for a Russian Blackadder
16/06/2006 … Ben Elton has plans for a movie version of Blackadder, set during the Russian revolution.
In a write mood...
Why Kay wrote his autobiography
16/06/2006 … Peter Kay says he’s writing his autobiography out of anger – after finding out a journalist was writing an unauthorised version.
A good send-up
Celebs mock themselves in R4 comedies
16/06/2006 … Radio 4 is planning two sitcoms featuring celebrities in roles very similar to their own real-life characters.
Thu 15 June 2006
Green Wing returns
15/06/2006 … Channel 4 has commissioned a one-off 90-minute episode of Green Wing – fuelling fears the hospital comedy will not return for a third series.
'Festival staff beat me'
Comic claims brutality at Download 06
15/06/2006 … A comedian performing at the Download music festival claims he was beaten up by security men when riots blighted the final night.