McIntyre storms DVD charts
23/11/2009 … Michael McIntyre’s stand-up DVD has stormed to No 2 in the bestseller charts – beaten only by the new £100million version of Star Trek.
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Mon 23 November 2009
Sun 22 November 2009
Timing is everything
Fans turn up for Frankie Boyle gig – a year too soon
22/11/2009 … More than a dozen Frankie Boyle fans turned up to his gig in Preston this week – a full 12 months early.
Sat 21 November 2009
Peter Kay smashes records
21/11/2009 … Peter Kay has extended his four-night run at Manchester's MEN Arena to 20 – and still sold out within an hour.
Fri 20 November 2009
A Frank debate
Skinner pilots new discussion show
20/11/2009 … Frank Skinner is working on a new TV talk show, four years after his ITV series came to an end.
Katy Brand announces first tour
Big Ass Show hits theatres in 2010
20/11/2009 … Katy Brand is to embark on her first theatre tour.
BBC axes Manford's quiz
As Seen On TV dropped after one series
20/11/2009 … Jason Manford’s BBC One quiz show As Seen On TV has been axed after just one series.
Ross Noble: I stole Seinfeld's biscuits
20/11/2009 … Ardal O’Hanlon’s grandfather Michael was a member of Michael Collins’s assassination squad which killed 20 British spies in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
© Rogue Pictures Times steals Edgar Wright's tribute
Row over Edward Woodward story
20/11/2009 … Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has complained after The Times copied his blogged tribute to Edward Woodward – and published it as if it had been a commissioned…