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Comics land Irish TV show

10/08/2007 … Comics Andrew Stanley, pictured, and Damian Clark have landed their own Irish TV series, based on their Edinburgh Fringe show.

Try not to hitch a lift with a psycho pig hunter...

20 Questions: Sarah Kendall

10/08/2007 … Without spoiling the show, My Very First Kidnapping, how did you get to be kidnapped? It was a college initiation, a thing the seniors traditionally did to the freshers.

MySpace or yours..?

The week's comedy trivia

10/08/2007 … ‘It was just a means to an end, a way to still be drunk and lazy and be able to earn a living.

Maximum offence

Comics try to drive audience away

10/08/2007 … Two Edinburgh comedians are trying to be so offensive their entire audience walks out.

10/08/2007 … RONNIE CORBETT is to front a BBC food show Corbett's Cookbook, in which he tours the country looking for classic recipes.

10/08/2007 … JOHN CLEESE has joined the cast of the next Pink Panther movie, playing Chief Inspector Dreyfus opposite Steve Martin's Clouseau.

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10/08/2007 … ENTRIES are open for this year's City Life Comedian Of The Year contest for the best new comic in the North West.

Book review: A Light-Hearted Look At Murder

by Mark Watson

09/08/2007 … Time was when comedians writing novels became a joke in itself, with every vaguely famous gagsmith seeming to land a literary deal – with decidedly mixed results.