'It gets on my tits'
Alan Davies sparks Hillsborough storm
10/04/2012 … Alan Davies is facing a storm of protest – including death threats – after criticising Liverpool FC's insistence that they never play on the anniversary of…
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Tue 10 April 2012
Mon 09 April 2012
Gervais's Derek does not mock the afflicted
09/04/2012 … Fears that Ricky Gervais’s new comedy Derek mocks the mentally challenged are unfounded – says the disability campaigner who successfully lobbied him over…
Mrs Brown turned them down...
'Ridiculous' offer for US remake rejected
09/04/2012 … Brendan O'Carroll says he has turned down a ‘ridiculous’ amount of money to remake Mrs Brown’s Boys for America.
Sun 08 April 2012
Keith Moon – comedian?
Who star's lost sketches unearthed
08/04/2012 … He achieved fame as drummer for The Who… but it seems Keith Moon had a hidden talent for comedy, too.
Free Fringe accused of obstructing comics
Ban on appearing at rival venues
08/04/2012 … The organisers of Edinburgh’s Free Fringe have been accused of placing unfair rules on its comedians – causing at least one show to be cancelled.
Sat 07 April 2012
Russell Brand could be back on the BBC
07/04/2012 … Russell Brand could be making his first programme for the BBC since the Sachsgate row four years ago.
Thu 05 April 2012
Black and gold
Black comedy award winners named
05/04/2012 … Nathan Caton has scooped two accolades at the black comedy awards.
'The pharmacist were 3 drop in the bucket'
05/04/2012 … ‘Whenever a more famous comedian namechecks me in an interview, I’m deliberately shit for two weeks to shake off the newcomers.