A tight 5: July 6

MARC WOOTON is to perform live shows in the guise of his parody psychic Shirley Ghostman for the first time. He will be at the Manchester Monastery on October 23 and London St James Piccadilly on Halloween with Spooktacular – On Ice! He said: 'Because of the special powers what I've got, I already know it'll be a huge critical success and everybody ends up loving it. But don't take my word for it, Lady Di what died has made amends with all the shitty journalists what killed her and they've given it 6 star reviews across the board on spirit side. Not bad is it?' Tickets go on sale on Friday.

THE Glasgow International Comedy Festival is likely to be named ‘best large festival’ at the Scottish Event Awards in October – after becoming the only nominee in the category.

CBBC is on the look-out for a ‘very’ low cost studio sitcom ‘where diversity is key’ – as well as a female comedy duo to counter the dominance of male double-acts on the channel.But channel controller Cheryl Taylor told the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield there was no extra money in her budget, trade magazine Broadcast reports, even before today’s licence-fee announcement slashed deep into the BBC’s funding.

FAMILY GUY has failed to boost its audience after moving from BBC Three to BBC Two. The animated comedy attracted 1.1million viewers at 9.45pm, down by around 140,000 compared to the opening episode of the 12th series on BBC Three last year.

JOHN BEUHLER has won Chortle's £100 prize for the best Correspondence article in June for his piece about political correctness and victimhood in comedy.

Published: 6 Jul 2015