
2010 Archives
Thu 08 July 2010


Comedy's been good to a working-class boy like me...
Carl Donnelly adds to the debate
08/07/2010 … I was going to write a long and well informed article debunking Chris McGlade’s view that the comedy circuit is dictated by class but unfortunately I’m from…

Corcoran08
08/07/2010 … STAND-UP Chris Corcoran has been named named Wales’ first Reading Hero by the principality's Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, as part of a drive to encourage…

dodd08
08/07/2010 … REGIONAL carrier Eastern Airways has named one of its 29-seater Jetstream 41 aircraft after Ken Dodd, and painted caricature of the 82-year-old comedian on to the…

Jennifer Saunders 'beats breast cancer'
All-clear after eight months of treatment
08/07/2010 … Jennifer Saunders has won a secret battle with breast cancer, it was reported today.

Alan Carr's anger at Lily Allen
08/07/2010 … Alan Carr has railed against Lily Allen after she dropped out of his chat show with just two hours' notice.

Coogan does Chekhov
with Johnny Vegas, Julian Barratt and more
08/07/2010 … Steve Coogan, Johnny Vegas, Julian Barratt and Mat Horne are to film a series of Anton Chekhov plays to mark the 150th anniversary of the Russian playwright’s…

Upwardly mobile...
Bishop's iPhone app moves to TV
08/07/2010 … An iPhone app of stand-up John Bishop’s analysis of the World Cup has been turned into an ITV show.