Maximum offence

Comics try to drive audience away

10/08/2007 … Two Edinburgh comedians are trying to be so offensive their entire audience walks out.

10/08/2007 … RONNIE CORBETT is to front a BBC food show Corbett's Cookbook, in which he tours the country looking for classic recipes.

10/08/2007 … JOHN CLEESE has joined the cast of the next Pink Panther movie, playing Chief Inspector Dreyfus opposite Steve Martin's Clouseau.

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10/08/2007 … ENTRIES are open for this year's City Life Comedian Of The Year contest for the best new comic in the North West.

Book review: A Light-Hearted Look At Murder

by Mark Watson

09/08/2007 … Time was when comedians writing novels became a joke in itself, with every vaguely famous gagsmith seeming to land a literary deal – with decidedly mixed results.

Noble's big-screen gig

Stand-up show to play at cinemas

09/08/2007 … Ross Noble is to play a live gig that will be simultaneously screened on 43 cinema screens across the country.

Harry's game... for a laugh

Hill lands ITV prank show

09/08/2007 … Harry Hill is to make a new hidden camera prank show for ITV.

20 questions: naked comedy guy Andy Ofiesh

09/08/2007 … Andy Ofiesh, the man behind The Naked Comedy Showcase, satisfies our curiosity…What came first, the comedy or the nudism?Oddly enough, they came simultaneously…