Shooting Aaaarrrs

Reeves to front pirate documentary

09/12/2006 … Vic Reeves is to present a six-part series on pirates for the History Channel.

Sworn into the record books

Strutter's f-word frenzy

09/12/2006 … Dennis Pennis creator Paul Kay has got into the Guinness World Records for the most swear words in a TV programme.

No Room for Merton

Paul quits Room 101

09/12/2006 … Paul Merton is to leave Room 101 at the end of the next series.

Obsessively bovvered

The week's trivia round-up

08/12/2006 … How have you possibly survived the past seven days without knowing these vital facts?When young, Catherine Tate suffered from an obsessive disorder connected with…

Vegas seeks God

Johhny to investigate fundamental Christians

08/12/2006 … Johnny Vegas is to join fundamentalist Christians in America for a new Channel 4 documentary.

07/12/2006 … THE nominees for the best comedy album in the Grammy awards have been named as: Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For The Road; The Carnegie Hall Performance by Lewis…

Fame comes your way

Gervais announces 2007 tour dates

07/12/2006 … Ricky Gervais has announced his tour dates for his next live show, Fame.

Bunch of cults

Win a guide to British comedy

07/12/2006 … A new primer to British comedy, written by Independent critic Julian Hall, was published by Rough Guides last month – and we have six copies to give away.