Apollo descends
Audience dip for stand-up show
07/11/2011 … Live At The Apollo took a dip in the ratings when it returned on Friday.
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Mon 07 November 2011
Walliams hounded for Harry Styles joke
Two complaints prompt 166 newspaper artlcles
07/11/2011 … Newspapers have rounded on David Walliams over a cheeky joke he made about One Direction singer Harry Styles.
Sun 06 November 2011
Jimmy Carr sorry over car crash joke
06/11/2011 … Jimmy Carr has apologised after tweeting a joke about a car crash so soon after the M5 crash in which seven people died.
Men 'are funnier than women'
...but by nowhere near as much as they think they are
06/11/2011 … Men are funnier than women – but only by the narrowest of margins – according to new research.
Sat 05 November 2011
© BBC A right Royle screw-up
Christmas special shelved over script delay
05/11/2011 … The Royle Family Christmas special has been shelved, because Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash couldn’t finish writing it in time.
Fri 04 November 2011
'We have to parade our growths'
04/11/2011 … ‘My act has basically become “being slightly pathetic” over recent years.
Cutting out the middle men
Louis CK releases stand-up special direct
04/11/2011 … American comedian Louis CK is bypassing traditional media to release his next stand-up special directly over the internet.
Thu 03 November 2011
A reel coup
Movie show snaps up top comics
03/11/2011 … Comics including Stewart Lee, Rob Brydon, Rufus Hound and Simon Pegg are taking part in a new movie show for the DMax digital channel.