'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.
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Sun 23 December 2007
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.
Kay's Cash row
22/12/2007 … Peter Kay’s new TV show has reportedly been ditched, after a row with writer Craig Cash over money.
Brand stars in Morrissey video
22/12/2007 … Russell Brand is to star in the new video for his musical hero, Morrissey.
Fri 21 December 2007
© 20th Century Fox Borat is dead
Baron Cohen says he won't return to the role
21/12/2007 … Sacha Baron Cohen says he will never play Borat again, now the character has become too popular to be convincing.
Glastonbury co-founder dies
Churchill's granddaughter ran the comedy tent
21/12/2007 … Arabella Churchill, the granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill who programmed the comedy tent at the Glastonbury festival, died yesterday.
Russ: I'm finger-flicking good
21/12/2007 … Russell Brand reckons he’s a wiz at Subbuteo, ‘combining the nimble fingers of Liberace and the geometrical understanding of Ronnie O'Sullivan’.
Kay wins apology over 'gag thief' claims
21/12/2007 … Online gossip website Holy Moly! has been forced to apologise for calling Peter Kay a gag thief.