Steve Martin releases banjo album
13/01/2009 … Steve Martin is to release a serious album of bluegrass banjo music.
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Tue 13 January 2009
Mon 12 January 2009
Lee Evans sells a million DVDs
Revealed: The 2008 bestsellers
12/01/2009 … Lee Evans sold more than a million DVDs in the run-up to Christmas; more than twice as many as his nearest competitor.
Watchdogs reject blasphemy complaint
Atkinson targeted by Christian Voice
12/01/2009 … Broadcasting watchdogs have rejected hundreds of complaints that a Rowan Atkinson sketch was blasphemous.
C4's pet project
12/01/2009 … Quirky American comedian Kristen Schaal’s web series Penelope: Princess Of Pets could be made into a pilot for Channel 4.
Baron Cohen booed
Madonna gag flops at Golden Globes
12/01/2009 … Sacha Baron Cohen was booed by Hollywood’s A-list last night, after cracking a joke about Madonna’s divorce at the Golden Globes.
Sun 11 January 2009
© BBC Lovely jubbly!
11/01/2009 … The BBC is in talks about making a possible prequel to Only Fools And Horses.
Fri 09 January 2009
Comic found dead at home
Tributes paid to Martin Cassidy
09/01/2009 … Tributes have been paid to Blackburn comedian Martin Cassidy, after he was found dead at his home at the age of 42.
BBC wants We Want Answers
TV series for comedy quiz show
09/01/2009 … The BBC is to make a TV version of the comedy quiz We Need Answers, following its success at the Edinburgh Fringe.