Brooker takes on TV news
29/01/2009 … Charlie Brooker is to launch a spin-off from his BBC Four show Screenwipe, concentrating on TV news.
Thu 29 January 2009
Fonejacker jacks in the phone
New pranks will be face-to-face
29/01/2009 … Fonejacker Kayvan Novak is working on a new comedy prank show… but without the phone.
Burying the hatchet...
Letterman to air axed Hicks routine
29/01/2009 … The Bill Hicks routine controversially dropped from the David Letterman show will finally be aired on the programme – 15 years after the comic's death.
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29/01/2009 … A DELUXE edition of Morrissey's new studio album, Years Of Refusal, will feature an interview with Russell Brand shot at the comic's LA home in November.
Wed 28 January 2009
Legendary venue to reopen
Stand-up night for Woolwich Tramshed
28/01/2009 … The legendary Woolwich Tramshed, one of the original homes of alternative comedy, is to echo to the sound of laughter again.
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28/01/2009 … AL MURRAY is to appear with a rock-star puppy called Bookaboo in a new ITV cartoon series aimed at helping children to read.
Micky Flanagan: Restaurants
At the Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show
28/01/2009 … Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change is at the Leicester Comedy Festival's Firebug venue on February 12.