27/07/2007 … RUSSELL BRAND has announced new dates in Coventry, Warwick, London and Croydon in September.

Langham: I viewed child porn

...but he denies being a paedophile

27/07/2007 … Chris Langham has admitted that he was guilty of looking at child pornography but said denied the charges to emphasise that he was not a paedophile.

He's dead funny...

The week's comedy trivia

27/07/2007 … Robin Williams regularly receives phone calls from female fans mistaking him for Robbie Williams.

HBO axes comedy website

Project lasted just six months

27/07/2007 … America’s HBO network is to shut down its comedy website This Just In after just six months.

Merton set for ITV improv show

Australian format coming here

27/07/2007 … Paul Merton is set to star in a new ITV1 improv show called Thank God You're Here.

Good news everyone!

Futurama returns... but only on DVD

27/07/2007 … The first feature-length Futurama is to be released on DVD in November, it has been revealed.

26/07/2007 … JO CAULFIELD has joined the ranks of Chortle's Edinburgh bloggers.

Bernhard comes to UK

Brief tour of Broadway show

26/07/2007 … Outspoken US comic Sandra Bernhard is coming to the UK for the first time in six years.