The 2009 Music Scene

by Fat Pie's David Firth

01/06/2009 … .

Danny La Rue dies at 81

Not a drag queen, 'a comic in a frock'

01/06/2009 … Danny La Rue has died at his home in Kent at the age of 81.

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Kirshen & Doody's new Rado 4 show

01/06/2009 … Stand-ups Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen have landed a four-part series for Radio 4.

BBC almost axed 'cruel' Python

Executives' row revealed

01/06/2009 … Monty Python’s Flying Circus was almost taken off the air because BBC bosses felt it was ‘disgusting’, ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’.

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01/06/2009 … BRITISH internet comic Ben Green has won $10,000 in a comedy competition run by American website Yobi for his sketch Punch Me I Won't Sue.

Burp with an Austrialian accent

Harry Hill format exported down under

01/06/2009 … Australia is to get its own version of Harry Hill’s TV Burp – only without Harry Hill.

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01/06/2009 … DARLING Buds Of May star Pam Ferris is to join the cast of Gavin & Stacey, playing Smithy's mum Kath.

Sail now on

Comics attempt risky round-Scotland trip

01/06/2009 … Comedians John Hopkins and Richard Glover are to sail around the coast of Scotland to get to the Edinburgh festival – despite having no nautical experience.