Barry Humphries joins The Hobbit
20/06/2011 … Barry Humphries has been signed up to appear in The Hobbit movies.
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Mon 20 June 2011
Raw Sex's Simon Brint dies at 61
Musical force behind hit comedies
20/06/2011 … Simon Brint, half of the Raw Sex comedy musical duo, has died at the age of 61.
Sun 19 June 2011
Lee Mack packs 'em in
19/06/2011 … Lee Mack's All Star Cast drew a strong 4.
Snoop Dogg: I wanna be Benny Hill
19/06/2011 … Snoop Dogg is such a big fan of Benny Hill that he wants to ‘white up’ to play the comedian in a movie.
Publishers scramble for comedians
Bumper crop of books on the way
19/06/2011 … Handfuls of comedians' autobiographies are in the pipeline as book publishers ‘jump on the bandwagon’ of the stand-up boom.
© NBC My Name Is Earl wasn't stolen
19/06/2011 … A writer who claimed the sitcom My Name Is Earl was stolen from his idea has lost a lawsuit against America’s NBC network.
Spike Milligan's widow dies
Renewed speculation about his will
19/06/2011 … Spike Milligan’s widow Shelagh has died at the age of 67.
A Barnes-storming victory
Angela wins BBC new comedy title
19/06/2011 … Angela Barnes has been crowned winner of this year’s BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award.