Walliams cleared after insulting 'thick' quizzer
22/08/2011 … When you hold the record for the worst ever appearance on Mastermind, you might be expected to be able to take a joke about it.
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Mon 22 August 2011
Comic drops F-bomb on Radio 4
22/08/2011 … The BBC has apologised after comic Mike McShane dropped the F-bomb live on a Sunday morning Radio 4 show.
Sun 21 August 2011
Jason Manford wins Born To Shine
21/08/2011 … Jason Manford has won ITV’s charity talent show Born To Shine, after learning how to sing opera.
Frankie Boyle to make C4 comeback
21/08/2011 … Frankie Boyle is set to return to Channel 4 with a topical talk show recorded on the night before transmission.
Fringe comic attacked with bottle
...while out flyering dressed as Gadaafi
21/08/2011 … Fringe comedian Jeff Mirza says he was hit by a glass bottle while flyering dressed as Colonel Gadaafi.
Frank Skinner goes into Room 101
21/08/2011 … Room 101 is to return after a four-year hiatus – with Frank Skinner the new host.
Fri 19 August 2011
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A Fringe scandal or a cock and bull story?
19/08/2011 … An Edinburgh Fringe act has apologised for defacing posters with crudely-drawn stickers of penises, after being threatened with legal action.
'I'd shoot a cat out my backside if I could'
19/08/2011 … Omid Djalili doesn’t like the lack of showmanship in stand-up.