Iranian revolution

Omid Djalili lands BBC One show

17/07/2006 … Omid Djalili is to star in his own BBC One sketch and stand-up show.

Send me to Iraq!

Lee's plea to military chiefs

16/07/2006 … Lee Hurst has flown out to Iraq to entertain the troops – after begging military entertainment bosses to send him.

Hardy survivors

Lost Stan and Ollie tapes unearthed

16/07/2006 … Rare Laurel and Hardy recordings lost by the BBC have been unearthed for a new radio documentary.

Clary's back catalogue

Julian to host archive comedy weekend

15/07/2006 … Julian Clary is to interview stars of Carry On films and Fawlty Towers for a UKTV Gild Britcom weekend.

Blowing his Trumpet

Details of Iannucci's new show revealed

15/07/2006 … More details have emerged about Armando Iannucci’s long-awaited new TV show, Time Trumpet.

Red's dead

Veteran Borscht Belt comic dies at 87

14/07/2006 … Veteran Catskills comedian turned actor Red Buttons had died at the age of 87.

Iranian Omid Djalili talks of the challenge after terrorist outrages

13/07/2006 … Imagine it.

Interview: Omid Djalili

13/07/2006 … Nine months ago, British stand-up Omid Djalili was appearing in front of 15 million Americans a week, courtesy of Whoopi Goldberg’s high-profile sitcom.