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26/06/2007 … JENNY ÉCLAIR has announced a 35-date UK tour for the autumn.

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26/06/2007 … RUSSELL BRAND has been voted Europe's sexiest vegetarian for the second year running by animal rights group PETA.

Smashy returns!

Enfield and Whitehouse back for Radio 2

26/06/2007 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are to revive their Smashie and Nicey DJ characters to help Radio 2 mark its 40th birthday.

Laughter at Manning's funeral

Hundreds see Bernard off

26/06/2007 … Mourners laughed at the funeral of Bernard Manning yesterday, as fellow comics cracked jokes in honour of the controversial stand-up.

BBC comedy chief quits

Plowman returns to programme-making

26/06/2007 … The BBC’s head of comedy, Jon Plowman is to quit the corporation after 27 years.

26/06/2007 … STAND-UP Tommy Campbell has released his book The Slacker Confessions as a free audiobook on iTunes.

BBC2 unveils autumn line-up

...with Dee, Fry and Coogan

26/06/2007 … A second series of Jack Dee’s Lead Balloon, a sketch show for Peter Serafinowicz and a Stephen Fry documentary on HIV have all been unveiled today.

Complaints over Manning joke

Sir Trevor branded 'appalling'

26/06/2007 … Whenever Bernard Manning was criticised for a racist comment, he would always claim ‘it’s only a joke – you never take a joke seriously’.