14/02/2007 … CHANNEL 4 is looking for funny clips and short films to screen at the Glasgow Comedy Festival.

Don't mess with the Family

Lawyers stop Family Guy parody

14/02/2007 … Lawyers have shut down a one-man stand-up show about Family Guy, claiming it contains violates its copyright.

14/02/2007 … MADONNA has come out as a big fan of Pam Ann, the comedy air hostess creation of Caroline Reid, saying she finds her 'cruelly funny'.

14/02/2007 … KELSEY GRAMMER's new sitcom Action News has been confirmed for a 13-episode run on America's Fox network.

13/02/2007 … CATHERINE TATE's stroppy teenager Lauren is set to encounter Tony Blair for a Comic Relief sketch, according to newspaper reports.

Only Eeijits and Horses

Scotland gets its own market traders sitcom

13/02/2007 … The BBC has commissioned a new sitcom – about a couple of dodgy market traders.

How comedy got serious

Alexei Sayle on today’s slick business

13/02/2007 … The ‘shambolic chaos’ of the comedy circuit has been replaced by businesslike professionalism and ‘the smell of money’ Alexei Sayle has claimed.

The future starts here

Chortle student hunt gets under way

13/02/2007 … Chortle’s hunt for the best new student comics in Britain kicks off in Newcastle this week.