'The worst rutting in movie history'

WTF: Weekly trivia file

11/04/2008 … Noel Fielding is going to use tales of his parents taking acid in his stand-up.

Book review: Comedy At The Edge

by Richard Zoglin

11/04/2008 … People have been cracking jokes since the dawn of time, but stand-up as we understand it is one of the few artforms that America can reasonably claim to have invented.

Mitchell & Webb get another Look

Third series commissioned

11/04/2008 … The BBC has ordered a third series of That Mitchell And Webb Look.

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10/04/2008 … RUSSELL BRAND's My Booky Wook has been named biography of the year at the British Book Awards, which are decided by public vote.

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Radio comedies vie for Sony Award

10/04/2008 … An unknown comedian has been shortlisted for the biggest prize in radio comedy – alongside the likes of Paul Whitehouse, Mark Thomas and Mitchell and Webb –…

Ben's Phantom move

Elton works with Lloyd Webber again

10/04/2008 … Ben Elton is working with Andrew Lloyd Webber on two new musicals – including a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.

Colbert Report comes to UK

FX buys satire show

09/04/2008 … Cable channel FX has bought the rights to air American satirical news show The Colbert Report in Britain.

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09/04/2008 … OMID DJALILI, Dave Gorman and Mark Thomas have been added to the comedy and literary line-ups for the Latitude festival in July.