A lot of laughs

Barker script goes under the hammer

27/05/2008 … Ronnie Barker's original handwritten script for The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town is expected to fetch up to £5,000 when it is auctioned next month.

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27/05/2008 … ANDREW WATTS has won this month's £75 for the best contribution to Chortle's Correspondents section, with his piece about stand-up and sex.

Brand 'bids for US chat show'

Eight episodes in the pipeline

27/05/2008 … Russell Brand is launching a bid to conquer America with his own chat show.

Win tickets to Latitude festival

27/05/2008 … The Latitude Festival returns for the third time this year, with a mix of music, literature, poetry, theatre, cabaret – and a very strong comedy line-up.

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27/05/2008 … MUSLIM comic Jeff Mirza is to host a new gameshow Faith Off – which will pitch teams from different religions against each other – for digital TV’s Islam Channel.

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27/05/2008 … KELSEY GRAMMER has signed up to star in the pilot episode of new US sitcom Roman's Empire, based on the BBC series about a self-made millionaire and his large family.

UnGentlemanly conduct...

League star slams 'rip-off' advert

26/05/2008 … Steve Pemberton has slammed adverts for Bounty kitchen towel for ‘ripping off’ a League of Gentlemen character.

Chic lit

Daughter pens Murray's biography

25/05/2008 … The daughter of legendary Scottish comedian Chic Murray is writing a book of his life – including previously unpublished jokes.