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29/07/2010 … THE LEICESTER Comedy Festival's green policies have been nominated for a Edie Award for Environmental Excellence.

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29/07/2010 … BILLY CONNOLLY has been made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Nottingham Trent University.

Common Film Ground

With Isabel Fay and Karl Theobald

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Coogan joins Idiot Brother

Another movie role for Steve

29/07/2010 … Steve Coogan has landed another Hollywood role, in an indie comedy called My Idiot Brother.

Notes from a newbie

Johnny-come-lately Lee Kern tells the comedy world what's what

29/07/2010 … I only started doing stand-up in November.

Fringe lessons learned...

Lynn Ruth Miller on performing at Edinburgh

29/07/2010 … I became a performer at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005.

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29/07/2010 … THEheavyweight New Statesman magazine has dedicated this week's issue to comedy, with articles by Chris Addison, Mark Watson, Rebecca Front, Stewart Lee, Ava Vidal…

ITV4 to televise stand-up hunt

FHM content offers £10k prize

29/07/2010 … FHM magazine’s competition for new stand-ups is to be made into a full six-part ITV4 series.