Connolly in car crash
31/12/2007 … Billy Connolly has been involved in a car smash in rural Scotland – but it’s thought he escaped unhurt.
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Mon 31 December 2007
Barker's postcard collection sold
...but no one knew they were his
31/12/2007 … Ronnie Barker’s collection of saucy postcard has been sold for £60,000 – without the buyers knowing the identity of the previous owner.
Sun 30 December 2007
Baron Cohen gets serious
Borat star signs up for war protest film
30/12/2007 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to ditch comedy to star in a serious political film being made by Steven Spielberg.
Jon makes little impression
Dead Ringers tour axed over 'sluggish' ticket sale
30/12/2007 … Jon Culshaw has cancelled a UK tour based around his Dead Ringers impressions, amid claims of poor ticket sales.
Fri 28 December 2007
© BBC Hunting? It's absolutely fabulous!
28/12/2007 … Ricky Gervais: ‘I’m more famous than I deserve to be.
Thu 27 December 2007
© BBC Tate accused of racism
27/12/2007 … Catherine Tate has been accused of bigotry and racism after portraying a Northern Irish family as ‘terrorists’.
Sun 23 December 2007
'It took me four years to write a joke'
Victoria Wood on Desert Island Discs
23/12/2007 … Victoria Wood has admitted it took her four years to learn how to write a joke.
Sat 22 December 2007
Why men are funnier than women
... according to one scientist
22/12/2007 … Scientists have waded into an age-old debate and concluded that men are funnier than women.