Panel show goes live
24/06/2008 … New stand-ups are taking part in what’s being billed as TV’s first live comedy panel show from tonight.
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Tue 24 June 2008
Shares misery for Jongleurs owner
Regent Inns loses half its value overnight
24/06/2008 … Shares in troubled Jongleurs owner Regent Inns have suffered another huge slump, with another half wiped off its value in the last 24 hours.
© HBO 'He was one funny motherfucker'
24/06/2008 … Comedians have been paying their tributes to George Carlin, hailing his influence in transforming stand-up into an insightful, passionate artform.
Mon 23 June 2008
ITV goes back to Benidorm
23/06/2008 … ITV has ordered a third series of the Johnny Vegas comedy Benidorm.
© HBO George Carlin dies of heart failure
23/06/2008 … George Carlin – the provocative, insightful stand-up who became a hero of the American counter-culture – has died of heart failure at the age of 71.
Sun 22 June 2008
The £3,700 raspberry
Barker's script under the hammer
22/06/2008 … Ronnie Barker’s hand-written scripts for The Two Ronnies serial Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town have sold for £3,700.
Fri 20 June 2008
Bob Mills: The Jill Dando link
20/06/2008 … Michael McIntrye reveals his taste in music: ‘I like nothing more than cranking up Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler and Dr Hook’s When You’re In Love…
Thu 19 June 2008
Bernard's in the picture
Comic's ashes in mosiac portrait
19/06/2008 … A mosaic portrait of Bernard Manning has been unveiled on the front of his Manchester club – incorporating his ashes.