07/12/2006 … STAND-UP Russell Howard is to present ITV2's backstage coverage of next Wednesday's British Comedy Awards with Liza Tarbuck.

Bad call

Brand rapped for phone hoax

07/12/2006 … Russell Brand has been told off for wasting police time after making a hoax call during his live stage show.

John Gordillo – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

07/12/2006 … Back on the circuit after a few years’ hiatus, John Gordillo remains a refreshing performer, with a canon of intelligent, provocative material.

06/12/2006 … RICKY GERVAIS is performing four more warm-up dates for his 2007 Fame tour at London's Bloomsbury Theatre from January 3 to 6.

She came from outta Spaced

Stevenson lands Dr Who role

06/12/2006 … Former Spaced star Jessica Stevenson is to appear in the next series of Doctor Who.

Black comic banned

...thanks to racist ranter Michael Richards

06/12/2006 … Michael Richards racist outburst has led to a ban on BLACK comics.

06/12/2006 … MATT LUCAS has had his stag night at London's Soho Revue Bar - spending just one hour, and £200, with 13 friends.

Chris Neill – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

06/12/2006 … Had Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd fathered a child, chances are he’d have turned out something like Chris Neill, a BBC radio producer and broadcaster turned…