BBC Two orders new comedies
22/08/2008 … BBC Two has ordered three new comedies – including a return for Rab C Nesbitt.
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Fri 22 August 2008
Christ in a box!
22/08/2008 … ‘I say “no” a lot – that’s why I don't have my own TV show.
© C4 Peter Kay's new look
22/08/2008 … This is Peter Kay as he appears in his new Channel 4 show – his first new work for four years.
Why bad jokes make us angry
22/08/2008 … Bad jokes are greeted with such hostility because they break social conventions and insult the listener, new research has found.
Pete speaks
22/08/2008 … A previously unseen 40-year-old interview with Peter Cook is to be broadcast for the first time.
Fringe's funniest joke revealed
22/08/2008 … Zoe Lyons officially has the funniest joke on the Edinburgh Fringe, after scooping a new award.
A one-Norse race
Norwegian comic takes new act crown
22/08/2008 … Norwegian comic Daniel Simonsen has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny new act competition.
Thu 21 August 2008
Secrets exposed
21/08/2008 … Amnesty International has confirmed the date and some of the line-up of this year’s Secret Policeman’s Ball.