Britain's greatest wits
15/10/2007 … Oscar Wilde and Spike Milligan have been named Britain's top two greatest wits of all time – despite both being Irish.
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Mon 15 October 2007
American Fry
15/10/2007 … Stephen Fry is to make a travelogue series for the BBC, visiting every state in America.
King of the Hill?
15/10/2007 … Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Catherine Tate Show, My Family and Ugly Betty have been nominated for best comedy in the National Television Awards.
Sun 14 October 2007
I want my Jongleurs back
14/10/2007 … Jongleurs founder Maria Kempinska says she is ready to buy back the club chain from owners Regent Inns.
Fri 12 October 2007
© Columbia Pictures Hitch, the sitcom
Smith plans to turn movie into TV show
12/10/2007 … Will Smith is developing a sitcom based on his 2005 movie Hitch.
© BBC Vyle figures
Jennifer Saunders audience slumps
12/10/2007 … Jennifer Saunders’s new sitcom is proving a turn-off for viewers.
Comedy Awards will not be aired
12/10/2007 … ITV have refused to allow the British Comedy Awards to air on any rival channel this year.