Who you gonna call?
Russell Brand dials a priestly ghostbuster in this week's WTF...
17/09/2010 … ‘Every time I ask [my kids] if I'm funny, they tell me, “Not really”.
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Fri 17 September 2010
© BBC Life's Too Short gets series commission
Gervais and Merchant's new sitcom
17/09/2010 … The BBC has confirmed that it has commissioned a six-part series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s new series Life's Too Short.
Walliams up for kids' book prize
17/09/2010 … David Walliams has been nominated for a leading children's book prize for the second year running.
Sacha Bohen to play Freddie Mercury
17/09/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen has signed up to play Freddie Mercury in a new biopic of the Queen star.
Thu 16 September 2010
Getting funny with your money
Should taxes pay for comedy courses?
16/09/2010 … A council has been criticised for spending tax-payers’ money on teaching people how to be stand-ups.
Russell Kane's freak show
Comic to front new BBC Three series
16/09/2010 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Russell Kane is to front a new series about obsessive behaviour for BBC Three.
© BBC Has Catherine Tate found Jesus?
New Nativity film to shoot soon
16/09/2010 … Catherine Tate has reportedly signed up to star in a new film offering a quirky new take on the Nativity story.
Anything you can do, I can do longer
16/09/2010 … Another comic is to attempt the longest solo stand-up show – less than a month after the record was last broken.