'This is hate speech'
Dozens take to the streets over six-year-old's joke
29/10/2013 … He's the latest edgy figure to force a major broadcaster to apologise over a controversial joke.
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Tue 29 October 2013
© Samuel Ridge Rampant Rabbi causes a buzz
Comic's legal battle over novelty vibrator
29/10/2013 … A comic has lost a legal battle over a vibrator he designed named the 'Rampant Rabbi'.
Jack Whitehall joins Chortle book festival
Double-bill with QI creator John Lloyd
29/10/2013 … Jack Whitehall and QI creator John Lloyd have been added to the line-up for the Chortle comedy book festival next month.
Tommy Tiernan announces London dates
29/10/2013 … TOMMY TIERNAN has announced a two-week run of intimate gigs at London's Soho Theatre in the new year.
Police get heavy over Private Eye joke
Officers suggest news vendor take mag off sale
29/10/2013 … Police officers have been accused of falsely telling newspaper vendors they might be in contempt of court for selling the new issue of Private Eye.
Mon 28 October 2013
Harry Potter star joins Bluestone 42
Matthew Lewis plays an ammo technician
28/10/2013 … Matthew Lewis, best known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Bluestone 42, the BBC Three comedy about a fictional…
Gervais announces another David Brent gig
28/10/2013 … RICKY GERVAIS is to play another gig as David Brent - this time in Bristol.
UK gets its first comedy book festival
Vegas, Murray and Count Arthur to appear at Chortle event
28/10/2013 … London is to get the UK's first book festival dedicated to comedy.