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04/01/2011 … BOBBY CARROLL won Chortle's £75 prize for the best Correspondents piece in December for his article The Comedians Killing Comedy.

The best comedy on Spotify

Listen to stand-up albums for free

03/01/2011 … Oh no, not another bank holiday… But you could fill the time listening to comedy albums for free, thanks to legitimate music sharing website Spotify.

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03/01/2011 … BENIDORM, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Outnumbered have been nominated for best comedy at the National Television Awards.

Plot of Inbetweeners movie leaked

And, surprise, it's humiliation all round

03/01/2011 … The script of the Inbetweeners movie – in which the four main characters go on a debauched lads’ holiday – has been leaked to the press.

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02/01/2011 … MITCHELL and Webb are to perform at a benefit for cancer research in London's Bloomsbury Theatre on April 30.

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02/01/2011 … JOHN BISHOP was again the best-selling stand-up DVD last week, but post-Christmas he slipped 12 places down the overall chart to No 17.

Morecambe and Wise bring ratings sunshine

6m for BBC Two drama

02/01/2011 … Morecambe and Wise have proved they can still be ratings winners – more than 25 years after Eric’s death.

Cheap comedy venture fails

End of the line for Five Pound Fringe

02/01/2011 … The Five Pound Fringe – aimed at lowering the ticket prices at the Edinburgh Festival – has been dropped after just two years.