Laughing in the face of terror
22/06/2007 … Friends and family of Miriam Hyman, who died in the 7/7 London bombings, are organising a comedy night to mark the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
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Fri 22 June 2007
Thu 21 June 2007
Brand wins 'rape' libel case
Daily Star payst 'substantial' damages
21/06/2007 … Russell Brand has accepted substantial libel damages over a tabloid story that wrongly linked him to an alleged rape at the flat he rented during last year’s Edinburgh…
PMs for sale
Spitting Image puppets net thousands
21/06/2007 … Spitting Image puppets of Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown have sold for almost £10,000.
Many happy reruns
21/06/2007 … BBC Four is to dedicate two nights of programming to Stephen Fry this summer to mark his 50th birthday.
Wed 20 June 2007
Comedy by committee
The online sitcom viewers can alter
20/06/2007 … Steve Coogan's production company, Baby Cow, is working on an online sitcom in which viewers can change the storyline.
Bad eggs...
20/06/2007 … Tony Hancock’s ‘go to work on an egg’ adverts have fallen foul of TV watchdogs – because they don’t promote a balanced diet.
The Office – now a video game
20/06/2007 … The Office is to be made into a video game.
Tue 19 June 2007
'99.9 per cent rubbish'
19/06/2007 … The craze for user-generated content is unlikely to produce any genuine stars, because the standard is too amateur, according to one of Britain’s top comedy agents.