Emo headlines Reading and Leeds
Festival comedy line-ups announced
21/07/2010 … The comedy line-ups for the Leeds and Reading festivals have been announced, with Emo Philips headlining as part of his current UK visit.
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Wed 21 July 2010
Tue 20 July 2010
Laughing at disability
Adam Hills to host Northern Ireland TV comedy
20/07/2010 … Adam Hills is set to front a new Northern Ireland comedy show based around disability.
© Optimum Releasing / Film 4 Chris Morris helps train spies
MI5 agents told: Watch Four Lions
20/07/2010 … British intelligence agents have been told to watch Chris Morris’s Four Lions movie to get a better understanding of home-grown terrorists.
© BBC US Gavin & Stacey 'not happening'
Co-writer thinks remake has 'gone away'
20/07/2010 … Plans for a US version of Gavin & Stacey have been shelved, co-writer Ruth Jones believes.
Armando Iannucci, pop star?
20/07/2010 … He might not be your typical pop star – but Armando Iannucci has just released a single.
Ye Gods!
Stewart Lee attacks 'inane' comedy poll
20/07/2010 … Stewart Lee has attacked the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards for opening up a public vote for a ‘comedy god’ from all the previous Perrier and if.
Mon 19 July 2010
Cheggers plays thief
Keith Chegwin under fire for nicking jokes
19/07/2010 … Comedians have turned on Keith Chegwin after he tweeted other people’s gags to his 36,000 followers.
Greg Davies lands BBC pilot
Klang star oversees comic showdown
19/07/2010 … Greg Davies is to host a new BBC show in which comedians try to outdo each other in performing ridiculous feats.