In the Bafta loop
Iannucci's film up for Scottish awards
19/10/2009 … Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop has been nominated for three Scottish Bafta awards.
2009 Archives
Mon 19 October 2009
It's OK to joke about the Queen's pussy
...but leave our Olympic heroine alone
19/10/2009 … BBC watchdogs have rapped Mock the Week for broadcasting Frankie Boyle’s jokes about Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington – but said they were right to…
Saturday Night Peter
19/10/2009 … Whatever happened to Peter Kay? What happened to the subtlety that made Phoenix Nights so great, or the warmth that infused his best stand-up with such irresistible…
Brand to be subject of C4 documentary
Including interview by Frank Skinner
19/10/2009 … Russell Brand is to be the subject of an hour-long Channel 4 documentary.
© Helen Maybanks Comedians
Review by Bruce Dessau (comedy critic for the London Evening Standard)
19/10/2009 … I guess this is what you call a busman's holiday.
Manchester Comedy Festival: Phil Ellis and Chris Stokes
19/10/2009 … Comedy festivals should be more than coordinating tours so all the big guns pass through town in the same week.
Sun 18 October 2009
© BBC Joke thieves
18/10/2009 … Thieves have stolen Harry Enfield's laptop, containing gags for his next BBC series, and demanded a ransom for its return.
Sat 17 October 2009
Stir crazy?
Prison paper rapped over Irish gags
17/10/2009 … A newspaper for prisoners has been branded ‘racist’ after printing two Irish jokes.