Curious commission
11/12/2007 … Radio 4 has commissioned a full series of comedy panel game The Museum of Curiosity, to be hosted by Billy Bailey and QI creator John Lloyd.
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Tue 11 December 2007
Major was almost in The Thick Of It
...but ex-PM 'didn't have a clue’
11/12/2007 … John Major almost landed an unplanned cameo in The Thick Of It, star Peter Capaldi has revealed.
Alan Davies bites tramp
'Tussle' after all-day drinking session
11/12/2007 … Alan Davies has admitted attacking a homeless man, sinking his teeth into his ear after an all-day drinking session.
More accolades for Gavin & Stacey
11/12/2007 … Gavin & Stacey is up for three more TV awards, just days after its British Comedy Award success.
Mon 10 December 2007
Lee: I wouldn't do another Jerry Springer
10/12/2007 … Stewart Lee says he wouldn’t work on anything controversial on the scale of Jerry Springer: The Opera again – because ‘idiots’ could too easily close it…
Billy holds on to DVD No1
But Alan Carr's coming up strong
10/12/2007 … Billy Connolly has held on to the top position for the bestselling stand-up DVDs for the third week running.
Sat 08 December 2007
Victorian gentlemen
Revealed: The acts going to Melbourne
08/12/2007 … Jeff Green, Jason Byrne, David O'Doherty, Stephen K Amos and Mark Watson will all be attending next year's Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Fri 07 December 2007
© BBC Spike Milligan: My Part In His Memoirs
Merton to serialise book for Radio 2
07/12/2007 … Paul Merton is to read Spike Milligan’s acclaimed war memoirs on Radio 2.