Relgious hatred Bill passed
22/06/2005 … The Government has passed its Bill to outlaw incitement to religious hatred – despite a storm of protest that it would restrict comedians from making jokes…
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Wed 22 June 2005
London's funniest man
Gervais tops magazine's top 50
22/06/2005 … Ricky Gervais has been name the funniest man in London.
Victory is mine!
Family Guy movie heads for DVD
22/06/2005 … A direct-to-DVD movie based around animated comedy Family Guy is to be released this autumn.
Tue 21 June 2005
Gaelic bred?!?
First Irish-language stand-up gig
21/06/2005 … Comics are planning what’s thought to be the first ever stand-up show to be performed entirely in the Irish language.
Respect due
Dangerfield's life to become a movie
21/06/2005 … The life of American stand-up Rodney Dangerfield is to be made into a Hollywood movie.
Mon 20 June 2005
You little squirt
Cruise's fury at 'comedy' stunt
20/06/2005 … A freelance camera crew working for a Channel 4 comedy show have been arrested after squirting Tom Cruise with water.
He died with a beer in his hand
Inquest into Malcolm Hardee's death
20/06/2005 … Comedy godfather Malcolm Hardee was still clutching a bottle of beer when his body was brought up from the Thames, the inquest into his death heard today.
All the greats
20/06/2005 … A nostalgic collection of bygone comedy greats has been released on DVD – and we have four copies to give away.