World of laughs

4th series for stand-up show

03/01/2007 … A fourth series of The World Stands Up has been commissioned by for broadcast in America, Britain and Australia.

03/01/2007 … THE SPECIAL hour-long edition of The Thick of It attracted a healthy 237,000 viewers to BBC Four at 10.

02/01/2007 … LEADING South African comic Barry Hilton is performing a one-off gig in London - at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue - on January 21.

Green Win

DVDs up for grabs

02/01/2007 … Channel 4’s Green Wing comes to an end this Thursday with a feature-length special – then it’s being rush-released on to DVD, hitting the shops on Monday.

Revving up the ratings

12.8m see Dibley finale

02/01/2007 … The Vicar of Dibley came to an end last night with 12.

01/01/2007 … CHORTLE user Caroline Clifford has created a plug-in for the Firefox browser that allows you to search the site from the toolbar.

Sean Hughes: Leicester Comedy Festival

Review by Steve Bennett

01/01/2007 … In the seven years since he was last on tour, you might have thought Sean Hughes would have thought of plenty to say.

Potted Potter

Review by Steve Bennett

01/01/2007 … Talk about Hogwarts Express.