Frank saved from a pauper's funeral
Fans raise £6,000 in two hours
23/06/2010 … Comedy fans have raised more than £6,000 in just two hours to give Frank Sidebottom’s creator a proper send-off.
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Wed 23 June 2010
Fry and Laurie, together again
23/06/2010 … Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are to be reunited for a TV documentary to mark their comic partnership.
Tue 22 June 2010
Stars pay tribute to Frank Sidebottom
'A whirlwind of creative ideas'
22/06/2010 … Stars have lined up to pay their tributes to Frank Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey, who died yesterday at the age of 54.
Mon 21 June 2010
Frank Sidebottom dies
21/06/2010 … Frank Sidebottom has died at the age of 54 after collapsing at his home near Manchester.
Cancer claims Canada's Irwin Barker
21/06/2010 … Comedians have been paying tribute to Canadian stand-up Irwin Barker, who has lost his three-year fight against terminal cancer.
One4Review's Sheila dies
Character of the comedy scene was 52
21/06/2010 … Edinburgh comedy reviewer Sheila Kay Jack, of the website One4Review, has died at the age of 52.
Sun 20 June 2010
Whitehall caught snorting coke
News Of The World shames comic
20/06/2010 … Jack Whitehall's growing TV career is in jeopardy after the News Of The World pictured him snorting a line of cocaine.
Fri 18 June 2010
The great outdoors...
Izzard to play first purpose-built open air comedy stage
18/06/2010 … Eddie Izzard is to headline the first outdoor stage purpose-built for comedy.