Fringe 4 hit back
Edinburgh Comedy Festival 'not divisive'
05/06/2008 … Founders of the controversial Edinburgh Comedy Festival have hit back at their critics – saying they don’t plan to break up the Fringe, and are only trying to…
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Thu 05 June 2008
Burmese comic arrested
Zarganar criticised regime's cyclone response
05/06/2008 … One of Burma’s most popular comedians has been taken from his home and thrown into custody after helping cyclone victims.
Wed 04 June 2008
50 hours of stand-up
New York comics set new record
04/06/2008 … Comedians in New York are currently setting a new world record for the longest ever stand-up show.
Big Brother's big break
04/06/2008 … New stand-up Jack Whitehall is to be the first guest presenter of the new series of Big Brother’s Big Mouth.
Chris Rock can't get arrested... literally
Bizarre 'practical joke' goes awry
04/06/2008 … Chris Rock has obtained a court order that prevents South African police from arresting him, after a practical joke went wrong.
Beyond the bar...
Murray lands ITV1 series... but not as Pub Landlord
04/06/2008 … Al Murray is to ditch his Pub Landlord creation for a new ITV1 sketch show.
Tue 03 June 2008
© HBO Kim gets into Joanna's Skin
America remakes another UK sitcom
03/06/2008 … Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall is to star in a US remake of the Joanna Lumley sitcom Sensitive Skin.
New sitcom is Nye
03/06/2008 … Men Behaving Badly writer SimonNye is working on a new ITV1 comedy, based around a teenager’s video diary.