A little less of Edna
Barry Humphries has appendix op
03/01/2008 … Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries has undergone an emergency appendix operation.
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Thu 03 January 2008
Minns on the mend
Beaten-up comic set for stage return
03/01/2008 … Norwich comic Karl Minns is to return to the stage after being attacked after a gig almost three weeks ago.
Leno, the scab?
Jay crosses picket lines for show
03/01/2008 … Jay Leno has crossed writers’ picket lines to bring his chat show back to American TV.
Tue 01 January 2008
Surgery? It's a Doddle
01/01/2008 … Ken Dodd has promised to be back on stage next month after undergoing hernia surgery.
Mon 31 December 2007
'Fairy' on top of the tree
31/12/2007 … Alan Carr has overtaken Billy Connolly to become the bestselling stand-up DVD in Christmas week.
In cinemas... with a fridge
31/12/2007 … Tony Hawks is making a movie version of his hit book Round Ireland With A Fridge.
Connolly in car crash
31/12/2007 … Billy Connolly has been involved in a car smash in rural Scotland – but it’s thought he escaped unhurt.
Barker's postcard collection sold
...but no one knew they were his
31/12/2007 … Ronnie Barker’s collection of saucy postcard has been sold for £60,000 – without the buyers knowing the identity of the previous owner.