Jo Selby as Tatiana Ostrakova at the 2009 Funny Women final

Review by Steve Bennett

22/09/2009 … Jo Selby's character of Russian comedian Tatiana Ostrakova, fresh from Jongleurs Minsk, was a highlight of the night.

Elizabeth Mee at the 2009 Funny Women final

Review by Steve Bennett

22/09/2009 … Elizabeth Mee admits she’s a stereotype: middle-aged and upper-middle-class, she’s Radio 4 in human form, and makes predictable references to Agas and children…

Too old to be funny?

Ashlea Dutton, 16, wonders if comics have a sell-by date

21/09/2009 … Does the comedy scene belong to the younger model? In the showroom are the flashy Porsches named Whitehall, Kane and Donnelly, revving up technology-based gags,…

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21/09/2009 … PEACOCK SEASON, the low-budget film about the Edinburgh Fringe starring many of the festival's comics, is receiving an advance screening at London's Leicester Square…

Win Britain's Got The Pop Factor DVD...

With Peter Kay

21/09/2009 … Peter Kay's latest DVD is released next Monday – and we have five copies to give away.

Storm over Tiernan's Jewish jokes

Holocaust comments 'unacceptable'

21/09/2009 … Tommy Tiernan has sparked another controversy after ranting against Jews, and claiming he would have killed twice as many in the Holocaust.

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21/09/2009 … BILLY CONNOLLY is to star as the king in the animated Pixal/Disney fairytale, The Bear and The Bow, about a Scottish princess who turns her back on her royal duties…

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21/09/2009 … SIMON PEGG signed up for Twitter at the weekend, with the account @simonpegg, after an imposter had been posting under a fake name.