Comic heroes...

ITV2 orders superhero sitcom

08/08/2007 … ITV2 has commissioned its first original sitcom – an eight-part series about the off-duty lives of a group of superheroes.

Comic in racism row

Johns hits back at Internet campaign

08/08/2007 … A group of Jewish comedy fans have started an internet campaign against stand-up Dave Johns, claiming he subjected them to a ‘disgusting’ torrent of racial abuse.

Coogan's Eagle soars

Hapless ski-jumper's story will be told

08/08/2007 … Steve Coogan is to play Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in a new biopic about the hapless ski-jumper.

20 questions: Mark Dolan

08/08/2007 … Your show, I'm Here To Help, dispatches advice to audience members about their problems.

07/08/2007 … THIRTY-FIVE per cent of adults admit to liking jokes about ‘intestinal gas’ – although fart gags are more popular with men (44 per cent) than women (28 per…

America imports the Worst

US remake for BBC sitcom

07/08/2007 … Amercia’s CBS network is to attempt a remake of the BBC comedy The Worst Week of My Life.

Oh Carol...

Python star Cleveland answers the questions

07/08/2007 … Carol Cleveland, who performed with Monty Python, is currently starring in Rich Hall’s play Best Western, in the Assemby Rooms at 18.

07/08/2007 … EDINBURGH's film festival won't coincide with the Fringe and other festivals next year, as organsiers have decided to switch it from August to June.