How unchristian...
10/08/2006 … Australian comic Jim Jeffries has been axed from appearing on a BBC One religious show after a run-in with the hardline Christian Voice.
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Thu 10 August 2006
Wed 09 August 2006
It's Fawltless...
Scales to relauch Fawlty hotel
09/08/2006 … Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales is to relaunch the hotel whose appalling service and surly manager inspired the hit sitcom.
Swearing 'was OK'
Tiernan cleared by TV watchdogs
09/08/2006 … Ireland’s broadcasting watchdogs have rejected a complaint about Tommy Tiernan’s bad language on a prime-time chat show.
Sobering news
Williams seeks booze treatment
09/08/2006 … Robin Williams has started treatment for alcoholism after falling off the wagon.
The wrath of pod
Brand's anger over BBC podcast
09/08/2006 … The BBC has dropped a regular Russell Brand podcast after the comedian refused to allow them to edit out contentious material.
Renew your enthusiasm
Larry David agrees to sixth series
09/08/2006 … Larry David is to make a sixth series of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Tue 08 August 2006
Versed among equals
08/08/2006 … More than 30 comics, including Arthur Smith, Russell Brand, Stewart Lee and Harry Hill, have contributed poems to a new anthology in aid of a homeless charity.
No question...
Pegg's pub quiz comedy isn't happening
08/08/2006 … Simon Pegg has denied reports he’s working on a new comedy set around a pub quiz team.