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Khorsandi lands her own interview show
19/05/2009 … Shappi Khorsandi has landed her own Radio 4 comedy show, mixing interviews and stand-up.
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Tue 19 May 2009
Mon 18 May 2009
Gervais podcasts get animated
18/05/2009 … Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are to make an animated series for America’s HBO network, based on their record-breaking podcasts.
Frankie Howerd's partner dies
...leaving comic's legacy to their 'adopted son'
18/05/2009 … Dennis Heymer, Frankie Howerd's secret lover of 41 years, has died at the Somerset home they shared.
Sun 17 May 2009
Shy, vain and unsociable
Scientists' portrait of the modern comedian
17/05/2009 … Comedians are becoming increasingly shy and self-obsessed according to new academic research.
© ABC Studios Scrubs lives on
Another reprieve for medical comedy
17/05/2009 … American medical sitcom Scrubs has won yet another last-minute reprieve.
Sat 16 May 2009
Shut yer face!
Feud over Frankie Howerd's memory
16/05/2009 … A feud has blown up over Frankie Howerd’s diaries – after the comic’s sister, Betty, cast doubt on their authenticity.
Dodd demands apology for 'distress'
Comic's anger over theatre ban
16/05/2009 … Ken Dodd has demanded a public apology for the ‘distress and anger’ he suffered after a theatre refused to book him for not being funny enough.
Fri 15 May 2009
Three plus Four equals comedy
Mobile phone firm sponsors C4 comedy
15/05/2009 … Mobile phone company 3 has signed a seven-figure deal to sponsor Channel 4's original comedy.