Garofalo and Lock join Ideal
10/08/2010 … Janeane Garofalo and Sean Lock are to appear in the next series of Johnny Vegas’s drug-dealer sitcom Ideal.
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Tue 10 August 2010
Velcro scene not a rip-off
10/08/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly seen off another legal challenge to his Bruno movie.
Comedy Festival unity slips
10/08/2010 … The boss of one of the ‘big four’ venues in the controversial Edinburgh Comedy Festival consortium has broken ranks, saying she doesn’t agree with the idea.
Mon 09 August 2010
Free the jailed joker
09/08/2010 … Amnesty International has renewed its campaign to try to free a comedian jailed for 35 years for criticising the Burmese government.
Staunton joins Psychoville
...as does Katherine Parkinson
09/08/2010 … Imelda Staunton and the IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson are to join the cast of Psychoville.
Jupitus: I almost quit Buzzcocks
Phill unhappy with host Amstell
09/08/2010 … Phill Jupitus has revealed that he almost quit Never Mind The Buzzcocks because he thought host Simon Amstell was too bitchy.
Sun 08 August 2010
Here come the girls
Awards boss hails rise in female comicss
08/08/2010 … Comedy award producer Nica Burns has hailed the huge rise in the number of female comedians at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Let's get this show on the road
Comic performs at traffic lights
08/08/2010 … An out-of-work comedian has taken to telling his gags to motorists waiting at traffic lights after his local club closed down.