Frankie Howerd's partner dies

...leaving comic's legacy to their 'adopted son'

18/05/2009 … Dennis Heymer, Frankie Howerd's secret lover of 41 years, has died at the Somerset home they shared.

gore18

18/05/2009 … HARD-HITTING Leeds stand-up Sam Gore won the Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year competition in London on Sunday night.

Gervais new dates

17/05/2009 … RICKY GERVAIS has added another nine dates to his Science tour this autumn.

Adam Buxton's Eurovision

Behind-the-scenes at Eurovision '91

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Family Guy

Preview of this Sunday's series finale on Fox

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Shy, vain and unsociable

Scientists' portrait of the modern comedian

17/05/2009 … Comedians are becoming increasingly shy and self-obsessed according to new academic research.

Scrubs lives on

Another reprieve for medical comedy

17/05/2009 … American medical sitcom Scrubs has won yet another last-minute reprieve.

Test MASH review

Review by Steve Bennett

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