Connolly tops DVD charts
26/11/2007 … Billy Connolly is outselling a generation of younger comics, to be No 1 in the stand-up DVD chart.
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Mon 26 November 2007
The first Sein of a new sitcom?
26/11/2007 … Jerry Seinfeld says he is toying with the idea of writing a new sitcom about married life.
Sun 25 November 2007
Comic faces jail for stolen books racket
25/11/2007 … Scottish stand-up Gary Little is facing jail after netting £100,000 from stealing books.
Gervais to tour the US
25/11/2007 … Ricky Gervais is to perform a stand-up tour of the US next year.
Fri 23 November 2007
Being Tony Hancock
Rebus actor stars in BBC4 drama
23/11/2007 … Rebus star Ken Stott is to play Tony Hancock in the new BBC Four drama about his troubled life.
© CNN 'Comedians are a different species...'
23/11/2007 … Here we go, it’s him again:Russell Brand: ‘I wish I had gone further.
Thu 22 November 2007
© BBC Fork handles? That'll be £50,000
Barker's script under the hammer
22/11/2007 … Ronnie Barker’s handwritten script for the classic Fork Handles sketch is to go under the hammer.
Is this the science of comedy?
22/11/2007 … Laughter is the brain’s way of learning from its mistakes, according to researchers trying to develop a computer with a sense of humour.