Comic fined for anti-Jew comments

French star's history of outrage

11/09/2007 … A French comic has been fined almost £5,000 after he accused Jews of ‘memorial pornography’ for their remembrance of the Holocaust.

Lucky Blinkers...

Win tickets to see Bill Bailey

11/09/2007 … A new website has been launched that allows users to send each other personalised clips from TV shows and movies.

'I've wanted this for so long...’

Interview with if.comedy winner Brendon Burns

11/09/2007 … Comedians, as a rule, feign indifference towards awards, fearing that blatantly chasing the glittering prize should dent their iconoclastic cool.

11/09/2007 … MICHAEL BARRYMORE has been told he will not face any charges over the death of Stuart Lubbock in his Essex home six years ago.

Jesus gag sparks outrage

US comic Kathy Griffin to be censored

11/09/2007 … American comic Kathy Griffin is to be censored by TV chiefs after enraging hardline Christians with a joke about Jesus.

Shock news: Davidson is offensive

Jim leaves Hell's Kitchen

11/09/2007 … Jim Davidson has left reality show Hell’s Kitchen after making homophobic comments.

Crazy about the Gang

Matthew Coniam pays tribute to the brilliant sextet who set the music hall alight

10/09/2007 … In 1962, John Betjeman wrote an affectionate poem about the many hours he spent ‘as peanuts cracked, with my tie askew and my waistcoat undone’ in London’s…

'Fat, white bastard'? That's fine...

Sir Trevor cleared over Manning jibe

10/09/2007 … Sir Trevor McDonald has been cleared of making offensive comments about Bernard Manning in the week of his death.