Call to ban 'extremist' comic
Protest over Real McCoy reunion
16/10/2008 … Campaigners have launched a protest about a stage revival of hit sketch show The Real McCoy because one of its stars supports a militant black Muslim group.
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Thu 16 October 2008
CNN gets funny
Comic given a show on news channel
16/10/2008 … International news channel CNN is launching its first comedy show.
Wed 15 October 2008
Red tape could kill live comedy
15/10/2008 … Publicans are fighting planned new rules that could effectively kill off the live comedy circuit.
Laurel & Hardy statue finds a home
...four years after it was made
15/10/2008 … Council chiefs have finally found a location for a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy – four years after the sculpture was finished.
It's the Kay-ser Chiefs
Kay performs at another music gig
15/10/2008 … Peter Kay has unexpectedly taken to the stage during another music gig.
Tue 14 October 2008
TV spin-off for Down The Line
Whitehouse & Higson's new show
14/10/2008 … Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are working on a TV spin-off from their spoof Radio 4 phone-in, Down The Line.
Say 'Hebbo' to Tarvuism!
Serafinowicz sets up bogus religion
14/10/2008 … Peter Serafinowicz and his Look Around You co-creator Robert Popper have created a bogus new religion on the internet.
The generation games
R4 pits old comics against new
14/10/2008 … Radio 4 is making a new panel game, pitting three generations of comedians against each other.