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02/05/2008 … JIMMY CARR has announced a 55-date tour this autumn, entitled Joke Technician.

George Formby in race row

Call to ban his 'offensive' songs

02/05/2008 … A folk club has been accused of racism for playing comic songs by George Formby containing words such as ‘kaffir’ and ‘chink’.

Making his Marc...

Wootton lands his own US series

02/05/2008 … Marc Wootton has landed his own American TV series, after Hollywood executives branded him ‘the new Sacha Baron Cohen’.

Did Johnny Vegas go too far?

Outrage over stage 'assault'

01/05/2008 … A journalist has accued Johnny Vegas of ‘sexual assault’ for his on-stage antics at a gig last Friday.

Coogan joins Iannucci film

...and shooting starts today

01/05/2008 … Steve Coogan and Sopranos star James Gandolfini have signed up for Armando Iannucci’s first feature film.

Conchords hit No3

Comics are America's biggest Kiwi act ever

01/05/2008 … New Zealand folk parodists Flight of the Conchords have scored a top three hit on the US album charts.

The secret's out...

Little Britain US characters revealed

01/05/2008 … Some of the new characters in the US version of Little Britain have been revealed.

Laughs in the fast lane

First 'satcom' for sat nav devices

01/05/2008 … Motorists driving down the M6 can now listen to a new comedy sketch show though their satellite navigation systems.