26/10/2007 … COMEDY writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, whose wok includes The Likely Lads and Porridge, have received their CBEs from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham…

No more Jam for Joanna

Lumley quits Saunders sitcom

26/10/2007 … Joanna Lumley is quitting the Jennifer Saunders sitcom Jam and Jerusalem.

Keitel to play Springer

Opera goes to New York at last

26/10/2007 … Harvey Keitel is to appear in a US stage version of Jerry Springer: The Opera.

Thug jailed for attacking comic

Devlin was beaten unconscious

26/10/2007 … The 18-year-old thug who beat up Edinburgh stand-up Bruce Devlin has been jailed for two years.

Chuckle Brother sleeps with dead hooker

The week's comedy gossip

26/10/2007 … Noel Fielding: ‘Sometimes I look in the mirror and see a woman.

26/10/2007 … PARAMOUNT comedy has signed deals to air the third series of Everybody Hates Chris and the second series of Rules Of Engagement in the UK.

26/10/2007 … BBC ONE is to air a My Family special at Christmas.

Jim Bowen – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

26/10/2007 … Jim Bowen’s set these days is less stand-up than an after dinner speech, which is probably where he finds most of his work, reminiscing about past glory days.