Chubby ruins Christmas...
X-rated stand-up played in Santa's grotto
14/12/2008 … Roy Chubby Brown reduced children to tears as they queued to see Santa – after his filthy routine was played over a store’s loudspeakers.
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Sun 14 December 2008
© BBC 'Nora Batty' dead
14/12/2008 … Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty in Last Of The Summer Wine, has died at the age of 80.
© BBC Royles revealed
New characters for Aherne's sitcom
14/12/2008 … Two new characters are to be introduced in the Royle Family's Christmas special.
Sat 13 December 2008
Comics get legal protection
13/12/2008 … Comedians have been granted new legal protection from the butt of their jokes, after Sir Elton John lost a high-profile libel case.
Fri 12 December 2008
The two faces of Steve Coogan
12/12/2008 … In the Shooting Stars Christmas special, Jack Dee tries to keep a stuffed blue tit on his head while an opera singer tries to blast it off by singing full pelt an…
© BBC Norton under fire for Camilla comment
Tabloid witchhunt continues...
12/12/2008 … Graham Norton has become the latest victim of the increasingly desperate tabloid witch-hunt against comedians.
Thu 11 December 2008
Deacon lands youth show
11/12/2008 … Stand-up Tom Deacon is to front BBC Two’s Saturday lunchtime youth strand from the new year.
Chubby blames the audience
Brown storms off stage after just 4mins
11/12/2008 … Roy Chubby Brown has blamed the audience for his walkout just four minutes into a gig on Wednesday.