
'It took me four years to write a joke'
Victoria Wood on Desert Island Discs
23/12/2007 … Victoria Wood has admitted it took her four years to learn how to write a joke.
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Victoria Wood on Desert Island Discs
23/12/2007 … Victoria Wood has admitted it took her four years to learn how to write a joke.
... according to one scientist
22/12/2007 … Scientists have waded into an age-old debate and concluded that men are funnier than women.
22/12/2007 … Peter Kay’s new TV show has reportedly been ditched, after a row with writer Craig Cash over money.
22/12/2007 … Russell Brand is to star in the new video for his musical hero, Morrissey.
Baron Cohen says he won't return to the role
21/12/2007 … Sacha Baron Cohen says he will never play Borat again, now the character has become too popular to be convincing.
Churchill's granddaughter ran the comedy tent
21/12/2007 … Arabella Churchill, the granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill who programmed the comedy tent at the Glastonbury festival, died yesterday.
21/12/2007 … Russell Brand reckons he’s a wiz at Subbuteo, ‘combining the nimble fingers of Liberace and the geometrical understanding of Ronnie O'Sullivan’.
21/12/2007 … Online gossip website Holy Moly! has been forced to apologise for calling Peter Kay a gag thief.
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