Eddie Izzard's special gift
Personal stand-up show for terror victim
01/01/2009 … Eddie Izzard has given a private performance of his live show to a victim of the Mumbai terror attacks.
2009 Archives
Thu 01 January 2009
Gavin & Stacey attacked for Shipman gag
01/01/2009 … The son of one of Harold Shipman’s victims has criticised the creators of Gavin and Stacey for naming characters after the serial killer.
Lee Hurst denies stage rage
'I wasn't there,' claims comic
01/01/2009 … Lee Hurst has denied smashing a punter’s mobile phone in a comedy club, claiming he wasn’t even there.
MBE for Jongleurs founder
01/01/2009 … Jongleurs founder Maria Kempinska was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours for services to the entertainment and hospitality industry.
Invention Of Lying
01/01/2009 … Ricky Gervais has always teased us with his projected degree of self-awareness, daring us to judge to what extent he’s simply a cheeky chancer from Reading who’s…
Bunny And The Bull
01/01/2009 … The first thing to note about Bunny And The Bull, the cinematic debut of Mighty Boosh director Paul King, is that it’s not Mighty Boosh: The Movie.
Spinal Tap: Back From The Dead
01/01/2009 … I’ve now seen every gig in Spinal Tap’s 25th anniversary World Tour – although they did, admittedly, make it easy by playing just one show, Glastonbury warm-up…
Film With Me In It
01/01/2009 … This deliciously dark farce, set in a grimy Dublin flat, lies somewhere between Shallow Grave and Withnail And I.