Palin wants film brought to

18/01/2005 … Michael Palin wants to see a stage version of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian.

A funny old game

Father Ted writer pens football musical

17/01/2005 … Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews has written a musical about Manchester United and Ireland star Roy Keane.

Not such a fat Cat

Sponsor pulls out of Irish festival

17/01/2005 … One of the best-loved comedy festivals on the international circuit is to be slimmed down after its major sponsor pulled out.

A career gamble

Comic wins TV betting job

16/01/2005 … Comic Cole Parker has landed a new series on Challenge TV.

It's Barley seen...

Chris Morris comedy flops

16/01/2005 … Chris Morris’s new media satire Nathan Barley is proving a ratings flop – attracting just three per cent of the audience on Friday night.

Comedy college

Hunt for best student comic begins

16/01/2005 … Chortle’s hunt for the best student comic in Britain kicks off this weekend.

Hicks brought to book

Friend writes 'definitve biography'

16/01/2005 … Bill Hicks’s lifelong friend has written what he claims is the definitive biography of the stand-up legend.

Oi Enfield, No!

Comic's Churchill ad banned

16/01/2005 … A TV advert featuring Harry Enfield goading Winston Churchill as a ‘porky prime minister’ has been banned.