Brand signs £1.5m publishing deal
12/06/2008 … Russell Brand’s bestselling autobiography is to be released in the US following a new publishing deal reported to be worth $3million (£1.
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Thu 12 June 2008
Criminally funny...
Man arrested after laughing at Paul Merton
12/06/2008 … A man was handcuffed, arrested and charged – after laughing too much at Have I Got News For You.
Rowan shuns Blackadder reunion
Shy Atkinson hates the publicity
12/06/2008 … Rowan Atkinson has refused to appear on a Blackadder reunion show – because he hates the publicity.
Wed 11 June 2008
Comedy producer robbed at home
11/06/2008 … Top comedy producer Denise O'Donoghue has been robbed of nearly £100,000 worth of valuables in a knifepoint raid at her London home.
© C4 Spaced movie? Let's do it!
Jessica Hyndes 'very up for' sitcom upgrade
11/06/2008 … A movie version of Spaced could be hitting cinemas – if co-creator Jessica Hynes has her way.
Tue 10 June 2008
© BBC Gavin & Stacey bound for BBC One
10/06/2008 … BBC Three comedy Gavin and Stacey looks set to make the leap to mainstream BBC One.
Mon 09 June 2008
Fringe website fails
No online ticket bookings on day one
09/06/2008 … The Edinburgh Fringe website has failed on the first day of ticket sales.
The Glyndebourne of comedy
Plus new open-air festival launched
09/06/2008 … The organisers of the Leeds, Reading and Latitude festivals have launched a plush open-air stand-up festival they hope will become ‘the Glyndebourne of comedy’.