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19/02/2008 … BILL BRUCE won this month's £75 prize for the best contribution to Chortle's Correspondents section for his piece on political comedy.

House of fun...

Schneider plans estate agent sitcom

18/02/2008 … David Schneider is working on a Radio 4 sitcom set in an estate agency.

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18/02/2008 … LENNY HENRY and Danny Robins will be answering audience questions about writing radio comedy at a session at London’s Royal Court Theatre from 5pm on February…

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18/02/2008 … CHESTER University undergraduate Danny McLoughlin won the Leicester heat of the Chorte Student Comedy Award in Leicester on Sunday night.

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18/02/2008 … ENTRIES have opened for this year’s Nivea Funny Women competition to find the best new female stand-up – who will win a luxury holiday in Cyprus.

He's a Strait guy...

Walliams plans another charity swim

18/02/2008 … David Walliams is to embark on another demanding swim for charity – crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.

Rock unlocks his family secrets

Ancestor was a slave turned politician

18/02/2008 … Chris Rock has learned that his great-great-grandfather was a slave, who became a politician after fighting in the American civil war.

'Earl' creator cleans toilets

Millionaire producer keeps it real

17/02/2008 … The millionaire creator of My Name Is Earl secretly took a minimum-wage fast-food job to help him get ideas for the hit sitcom.