Colbert wins a Grammy
01/02/2010 … Satirist Stephen Colbert has won the Grammy award for the best comedy album of the last year.
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Mon 01 February 2010
Women are slower to get jokes
...but prefer sophisticated humour
01/02/2010 … Women are slower to get jokes than men, but when they do, they find them much more rewarding, research suggests.
Fri 29 January 2010
Who brings a noose to a gig?
29/01/2010 … Need to know: Tim Vine showers in under four minutes.
Film role for Peter Kay
Comic lined up for Irish comedy
29/01/2010 … Peter Kay is set to star in an Irish film about a cop tracking down a drug baron.
Thu 28 January 2010
Keith Lemon: The movie?
Leigh Francis awaits green light
28/01/2010 … Leigh Francis is writing a film for his Keith Lemon character.
Hunt is on for comedy film writers
See your script made – and win £1,000
28/01/2010 … A new talent hunt has been launched for comedy film writers, with a £1,000 first prize.
© BBC Was Thick Of It special dropped?
28/01/2010 … Armando Iannucci has denied that a planned election-night special of The Thick Of It has been ditched because the writers couldn’t be sure who will win.
Dad's Army game could 'promote hatred'
28/01/2010 … A board game based on Dad's Army has been banned from eBay because of its association with Nazis.