Paper books 'racist' comic

Walkouts at corporate gig

02/11/2006 … A corporate gig for the Hull Daily Mail ended in chaos after the comedian they booked started telling allegedly racist jokes.

Banned, for the kids' sake

BBC governors rap French & Saunders

02/11/2006 … A French and Saunders sketch has been banned for exploiting children.

Tory boy

Smith lands Thick Of It role

02/11/2006 … Stand-up Will Smith has landed a role in the Christmas special of The Thick Of It.

The full Fawlty

Hotels offer the Basil experience

02/11/2006 … A hotel group is offering guests the full Fawlty Towers treatment.

Russell transplant

6 Music to swap comics

01/11/2006 … Russell Howard is poised to take over from fellow stand-up Russell Brand on BBC 6 Music.

Chosen at random...

Win Ross Noble's Randomist DVD

01/11/2006 … Ross Noble’s new four-disc DVD set, Randomist, is released on Monday – and we have three copies to give away.

01/11/2006 … JOSIE LAWRENCE and Jim Sweeney have landed a new improvised Radio 4 comedy show, The Lawrence Sweeney Mix, to be recorded in London later this month.

A bad day...

Izzard lasts 24hrs on 24

01/11/2006 … Eddie Izzard has left the cast of hit drama 24 after just one day of filming.