Walliams turns children's author

Two-book deal for Little Britain star

17/12/2007 … David Walliams is to become a children's author after signing a two-book deal.

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17/12/2007 … BRITT EKLAND, the former Bond girl and one-time Mrs Peter Sellers, says she might try stand-up following her stint on the Grumpy Old Women live tour, saying: 'There's…

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17/12/2007 … STEPHEN K AMOS has been named best international guest by the New Zealand Comedy Guild.

Red Dwarf: The stage show?

New plans for unused movie script

17/12/2007 … The long-planned Red Dwarf movie could eventually become an animation – or even a stage show.

Billy holds DVD No 1

...for fourth week running

17/12/2007 … Billy Connolly has held the top-selling stand-up DVD for a fourth consecutive week.

Ban this George Formby filth...

How 30s comic fell victim to censors

17/12/2007 … He may seem innocuous compared to today’s shock comics, but George Formby was once banned by the BBC, it has been revealed.

Laughs through a lens

Emma Lennox on capturing stand-up for the screen

16/12/2007 … There is a forbidden quality to a good night of stand up; it's best suited to small dark rooms where comics dare to whisper their unspeakable thoughts.

Why comedy is the best medicine

by Stephen Sinclair

14/12/2007 … I have a theory that stand-up comedy is a genuine therapy, tha works just as well as acupuncture or baths of mud.