22/05/2007 … NEW YORK's Central Park is to host a free outdoor comedy gig, compered by Dave Attell and sponsored by the Comedy Central network, on June 22.

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22/05/2007 … PAUL MERTON In China was seen by 1.

21/05/2007 … RICKY GERVAIS was named Greatest Briton of 2007 in the television category at an ITV1 ceremony on Monday night.

Who's on the air

Radio remake for Hadoke's Fringe show

21/05/2007 … Toby Hadoke’s 2006 Edinburgh show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf has been made into a radio show for BBC7.

A funny place for comedy...

Stand-ups challenged in new ITV1series

21/05/2007 … Comics including Frank Skinner, Dara O'Briain and Patrick Kielty are to perform gigs in unfamiliar surroundings for a new ITV1 series.

You stole my gag, you ogre

Eric Idle 'to sue Shrek'

21/05/2007 … Eric Idle is threatening to sue the makers of the latest Shrek movie for stealing one of his jokes – even though he is in it.

A rubbish honour

City names its tip after John Cleese

21/05/2007 … A New Zealand city has honoured John Cleese, not with a statue or a plaque – but by naming a rubbish tip after him.

21/05/2007 … AMERICAN comic Carl Wright, who appeared in Barbershop and Big Momma's House, has died in his Chicago home at the age of 75.