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Dee to host topical Sky panel show
16/03/2011 … Jack Dee is set to host a new comedy panel show for Sky One.
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Wed 16 March 2011
Is Dizzee's life a joke?
16/03/2011 … Dizzee Rascal could star in a sitcom about his own life, according to reports today.
Best in class...
Student Award semi-finalists announced
16/03/2011 … The semi-finalists in the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2011 can now be announced.
More gongs for Miranda
16/03/2011 … Miranda Hart has added to her awards collection – scooping two Royal Television Society gongs for her BBC Two sitcom.
Frankie Boyle ads 'not offensive'
16/03/2011 … Posters advertising Frankie Boyle’s Channel 4 show have been cleared of promoting violence and drug abuse.
Tue 15 March 2011
Humiliation of love cheat Joey Page
Comic's public bid to win back girlfriend
15/03/2011 … Comedian Joey Page has been forced to parade around his home town with a sign around his neck admitting that he cheated on his girlfriend.
It's Gilbert Gott-fired
Comic loses job after Tweeting Japan jokes
15/03/2011 … American comedian Gilbert Gottfried has been fired as the voice of a giant insurance company after making bad-taste jokes about the Japanese earthquake.
© Ellis O'Brien Jimmy's king of the Zoo
15/03/2011 … Jimmy Carr has been voted the funniest man in Britain by readers of a men’s magazine.