Basil in bronze

Cleese backs Fawlty statue

20/01/2007 … John Cleese has given his backing to plans for a £20,000 statue of Basil Fawlty in Torquay.

20/01/2007 … CHRIS ROCK'S acclaimed sitcom Everybody Hates Chris has been renewed for the 2007-2008 season, despite attracting only a disappointing 2.

20/01/2007 … CHRIS MORRIS is in talks with Channel 4 to make a second series of Nathan Barley, The Sun reports.

Revealed: BBC fury at losing Eric & Ernie

Secret documents uncovered

20/01/2007 … The BBC were so shocked to lose Morecambe and Wise to ITV that its governors planned to lobby the government, secret papers have revealed.

Steve gets serious

Amos to front C4 documentary

20/01/2007 … Stephen K Amos is to front an hour-long documentary for Channel 4’s upcoming Gay Week.

Eddie's ready to return

Murphy mulls stand-up comeback

20/01/2007 … Eddie Murphy could return to stand-up - even though he has previously vowed never to go back to the stage.

It's Glasgow-ho-ho

Glasgow comedy festival launched

20/01/2007 … The line-up for Glasgow Comedy Festival – which boasts that it’s the biggest comedy festival in Europe – has been unveiled.

Trivial hirsuits

The week's comedy gossip

19/01/2007 … The weeks' trivia, in case you missed it:Readers of a nervous disposition might like to look away now.