Ben Norris – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

13/07/2007 … As he admits in his set, Ben Norris lies on the periphery of laddishness; part lairy blokishness, part middle-class haughtiness.

The joke's on you, grandad

Why the old don't get gags

12/07/2007 … Older people find it harder to get jokes, a new study has shown.

Little Britain invades US

HBO orders six-part remake

12/07/2007 … Matt Lucas and David Walliams have landed a US version of Little Britain.

I'm fuming!

Comic magician to fight fag ban

12/07/2007 … Comedy magician Pete Firman has vowed to defy the smoking ban every night of the Edinburgh Fringe – by consuming an entire pack of cigarettes at once.

Langham admits sexual encounter

...but girl was 18, he says

12/07/2007 … Chris Langham has admitted to sleeping with a teenage girl – but claims child pornography found on his computer was downloaded in the name of research.

Basil's back

Fawlty revived for corporate video

12/07/2007 … Basil Fawlty and Manuel have been reunited after 28 years – for a corporate video.

Diller laid up

Veteran comic fractures back

12/07/2007 … Veteran comedian Phyllis Diller has fractured her back, just days before celebrating her 90th birthday.

11/07/2007 … JOHN CLEESE has put his 16-acre Santa Barbara ranch Stalloreggi on the market for $28million, after buying another home nearby with wife Alice Faye.