ITV drops British Comedy Awards

Fears over phone voting

21/09/2007 … This year's British Comedy Awards have been dropped by ITV.

Guilty Kielty

Maddie gags spark outrage

21/09/2007 … Patrick Kielty is facing a storm of protest after making jokes about Madeleine McCann.

21/09/2007 … JULIAN CLARY is to join the cast of Cabaret in the West End from October 2, replacing James Dreyfus as the MC.

Gland ahoy!

The week's comedy trivia...

21/09/2007 … Fraser star Kelsey Grammer has named his yacht BIOYAK, which stands for Blow It Out Your Ass.

Open the box...

Comedy web 'channel' goes online

21/09/2007 … The big-budget comedy website Comedybox has gone online this morning.

21/09/2007 … SUE PERKINS has been nominated for entertainer of the year by gay rights group Stonewall, alongside Coronation Street's Antony Cotton, rapper Mz Fontaine, The Feeling…

Broadway, here he comes...

Jeffries lands Denis Leary support gig

20/09/2007 … British-based stand-up Jim Jeffries is to open for Denis Leary at the New York Comedy Festival.

'She thinks she’s in with a chance. It’s tragic and embarrassing'

Brenda Blethyn on playing a club comic

20/09/2007 … Comedians always get a raw deal when portrayed in fiction, with that tragic tears-of-a-clown image proving just too irresistible to dramatists.