Heckle putdown winds up in court
Human rights case over 'dyke' comment
30/03/2010 … Court proceedings have begun for a comedian accused of breaching a heckler’s human rights for branding her a ‘dyke’.
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Tue 30 March 2010
Mon 29 March 2010
© BBC BBC renews The Thick Of It
29/03/2010 … The BBC has ordered a fourth series of The Thick Of It, Armando Iannucci has revealed.
Who made Brigstocke king?
Marcus to star in Spamalot tour
29/03/2010 … Marcus Brigstocke is to play King Arthur in the touring production of Monty Python’s Spamalot.
Jongleurs to be sued over posters
Agents' fury at use of big-name acts
29/03/2010 … Comedy club chain Jongleurs has been forced to take down its advertising billboards over allegations it is misleading punters into thinking big names such as Jimmy…
Hicks unheard
29/03/2010 … A previously unheard interview with Bill Hicks, recorded just over year before his death, has been released online today.
Sun 28 March 2010
Popper joins South Park
'Dream come true' for Peep Show producer
28/03/2010 … Former Peep Show producer Robert Popper is to join the writing team on South Park.
Sat 27 March 2010
Christians fail to get the joke
Fundamentalists lobby against Python musical
27/03/2010 … Fundamentalist Christians are boasting that they forced a national radio station to drop a campaign promoting Eric Idle's ‘blasphemous' Monty Python oratorio…
Fri 26 March 2010
Comics with altitude
Record for highest stand-up show
26/03/2010 … A trio of comics including Ireland’s Des Bishop have broken the record for the world’s highest comedy performance.