Rename that tune
Harry Hill titles new album – and reveals guest singers
27/09/2010 … Harry Hill has finally settled on a name for his new comedy album after being refused permission to call it Sgt Pepper's Volume 2.
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Mon 27 September 2010
'Don't tell me what's funny'
Wood blasts 'disrespectful' BBC meddlers
27/09/2010 … Victoria Wood has expressed her frustration at meddling BBC executives who don’t trust her to make decent programmes.
Sun 26 September 2010
Greg Giraldo OD's
US comic in 'critical but stable' condition
26/09/2010 … American comic Greg Giraldo is being treated in hospital after taking a drug overdose, according to reports.
Kay gatecrashes another music gig
Comic joins Saw Doctors on stage
26/09/2010 … Peter Kay has gatecrashed yet another music gig – joining the Saw Doctors on stage in Dublin.
Take my mother-in-law jokes...
26/09/2010 … A London council has banned its staff from making mother-in-law jokes because they are ‘offensively sexist’ and disrespectful to ‘family elders’.
Comedy in a cubicle...
New booths let would-be comics broadcast to the world
26/09/2010 … Practising stand-up routines in front of the bedroom mirror has gone high-tech, with a series of recording booths across America targeting would-be comics wanting…
Sat 25 September 2010
© Ellis O'Brien Carr's lucky 13
Jimmy breaks venue's performance record
25/09/2010 … Jimmy Carr last night broke the record for the most appearances at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, with his 13th show at the venue.
Fri 24 September 2010