Lee Hurst's dad dies
... just days after comic's suicide threat
04/11/2006 … Lee Hurst’s dad has died, just days after the distraught comic threatened to kill himself over his hospital treatment.
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Paper books 'racist' comic
02/11/2006 … A corporate gig for the Hull Daily Mail ended in chaos after the comedian they booked started telling allegedly racist jokes.
© BBC Banned, for the kids' sake
BBC governors rap French & Saunders
02/11/2006 … A French and Saunders sketch has been banned for exploiting children.
Tory boy
02/11/2006 … Stand-up Will Smith has landed a role in the Christmas special of The Thick Of It.
The full Fawlty
Hotels offer the Basil experience
02/11/2006 … A hotel group is offering guests the full Fawlty Towers treatment.
Wed 01 November 2006
Russell transplant
01/11/2006 … Russell Howard is poised to take over from fellow stand-up Russell Brand on BBC 6 Music.
A bad day...
01/11/2006 … Eddie Izzard has left the cast of hit drama 24 after just one day of filming.