BBC apologises for Frankie
Palestine joke a 'serious breach' of standards
28/04/2010 … The BBC has apologised for a Frankie Boyle joke in which he compared Palestine with a cake being ‘punched to pieces by a very angry Jew’.
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Wed 28 April 2010
Ade: I'm done with comedy
'My heart's not been in it for a decade'
28/04/2010 … Adrian Edmondson says his comedy career is over, admitting he has been merely going through the motions for the past decade.
Laugh yourself fit
Comedy is 'as good as exercise'
28/04/2010 … Watching comedy can be as beneficial as physical exercise, another study has shown.
Tue 27 April 2010
Victoria Wood plays mum
...in new Eric and Ernie drama
27/04/2010 … Victoria Wood is to star in a TV drama about the early years of Morecambe and Wise, playing Eric Morecambe's mother Sadie.
© BBC Paul Merton to front One Show
Temporary stand-in after Chiles leaves
27/04/2010 … Paul Merton is to guest host BBC One’s The One Show once Adrian Chiles leaves.
£50m to get Sacha's goat
Mega-deal for Baron Cohen's next film
27/04/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen has signed a deal for his new comedy movie that could net him up to £50million.
Mon 26 April 2010
Bishop's move
Primetime BBC One show for John
26/04/2010 … Stand-up John Bishop is to host a primetime Saturday night show for BBC One – with his name in the title.
Taking stand-up to the Middle East
26/04/2010 … A new documentary about comedy in the Middle East has premiered at New York’s Tribeca film festival.