BBC to show Russell Brand smoking heroin
Old footage for addiction documentary
04/08/2012 … Footage of Russell Brand smoking heroin in a dingy flat are to be show in a shock TV documentary about the power of addiction.
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Sat 04 August 2012
Fri 03 August 2012
I won't work unless you show me your boobs
03/08/2012 … A'There's been a turn toward an uber-cynical point of view [in comedy], and it's borderline mean.
Mobile phones are ruining comedy
03/08/2012 … Chris Rock says he would return to the comedy clubs – but only if they introduced a zero-tolerance policy to filming on mobile phones.
Wed 01 August 2012
A real victim of gag theft
Now Lopez wants his notebooks back
01/08/2012 … Comic Ignacio Lopez has appealed for the return of his joke notebooks after they were stolen from a Swansea club.
Somali comedian murdered
Marshale had mocked terror groups
01/08/2012 … One of Somalia's top comedians has been shot dead in the capital, Mogadishu.
Tue 31 July 2012
Rev to return - but not until 2014
31/07/2012 … BBC Two has ordered a third series of its Bafta-winning sitcom Rev – but not until 2014.
Ben Elton pens new sitcom
Health & safety comedy piloted for BBC One
31/07/2012 … Ben Elton has written a new sitcom, which is being piloted for BBC One.
Mon 30 July 2012
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
30/07/2012 … Ricky Gervais is to teach foreigners how to speak English.