I'll get me Mac...

The week's comedy trivia

09/02/2007 … Simon Pegg wrote his university dissertation on 'a Marxist overview of popular Seventies cinema and hegemonic discourses'.

'Carr's no star'

...says the man who gave him an award

09/02/2007 … He may have won the British Comedy Award for his stand-up – but there’s at least one person who doesn’t rate Jimmy Carr: the producer who masterminds the show.

Coogan's shorts

New films for digital TV

08/02/2007 … Steve Coogan is to appear in a new series of eight comedy shorts for digital channel UKTV G2.

Hurlls of wisdom

The veteran comedy producer on 50 years in the business

08/02/2007 … Few people can boast the breadth and depth of knowledge about comedy that TV producer Michael Hurll has.

A small problem...

Comic banned - for being 11

08/02/2007 … A stand-up has been banned from a comedy club – because he’s just 11 years old.

08/02/2007 … RUBY WAX will host red-carpet coverage of Sunday’s Bafta Film Awards from a wheelchair, after undergoing foot surgery.

The Dumb Waiter

Review by Steve Bennett

08/02/2007 … It seems you can’t swing a Nobel Prize for Literature in the West End these days without clouting a comedian doing Pinter.

ITV disc-overs stand-up

Nichol heralds wave of DVD deals

07/02/2007 … More stand-up shows will be available on DVD after ITV has pledged to sign up the best circuit talent – starting with Phil Nichol.