Kielty escapes driving ban
Despite being clocked at 101mph
24/06/2008 … Patrick Kielty has escaped a driving ban after being caught speeding at more than 100mph.
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Tue 24 June 2008
Carell stays in The Office
Steve signs for three more years
24/06/2008 … Steve Carell has signed up to star in the American version of The Office for three more years.
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.
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.