06/04/2007 … MR BEAN is to be made into a game for Playstation 2.

06/04/2007 … ROBIN INCE has become the latest comic to sign a deal with low-cost DVD producer Go Faster Stripe.

05/04/2007 … BOB CLARK who wrote and directed the cult Eighties comedy film Porky's, has been killed in a car accident in Los Angeles at the age of 67.

05/04/2007 … CONTROVERSIAL US comic Joe Rogan is to make a rare British appearance at Charlies, Manchester, on April 20.

His sworn duty

The week's comedy trivia

05/04/2007 … Armando Iannucci employs a ‘swearing expert’ on The Thick Of It, to ensure the scripts come back with ‘the most creative swearing’.

Over the Hill

BBC America drops 'outdated' Benny

05/04/2007 … BBC America is to drop Benny Hill from its schedules, saying he’s too outdated.

Big Mouth shuts up

Brand quits Big Brother spin-off

04/04/2007 … Russell Brand is to quit the Big Brother spin-off show Big Brother’s Big Mouth after three years.

More mother-in-law gags

2nd series for After You've Gone

04/04/2007 … BBC One has ordered a second series of the Nicholas Lyndhurst comedy After You've Gone.