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08/04/2009 … ADRIAN EDMONDSON is the bookies' favourite to win the new series of Hell's Kitchen starting Monday, with Sky Bet offering odds of 7/4.

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08/04/2009 … JOAN RIVERS is to be the victim of the next Comedy Central roast in the US, becoming the butt of jokes in Los Angeles on July 26.

Jason Manford, as seen on TV

Comic lands panel show job

08/04/2009 … Stand-up Jason Manford is set to receive a huge boost to his profile as he joins a new BBC One panel game.

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08/04/2009 … BAFTA's Los Angeles branch is to honor Tracey Ullman with the inaugural Charlie Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award later this month.

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08/04/2009 … SEINFELD is the latest hit sitcom to be made into a porn film by adult movie producers New Sensations, following The Office: A XXX Parody and Scrubs: A XXX Parody.

The Half Hour that changed comedy

Anthony Harvison pays tribute to Tony Hancock

08/04/2009 … Watching the majority of today's sitcoms makes me despair.

Stewart Lee on the global financial crisis

From Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

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Obama's G20 round-up

His postcard from London

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