A tight 5: August 9

Limmy'S book Daft Wee Stories has entered the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list at No 5, after selling 1,465 copies in its first week on release. Our review.

A PLANNED protest at Frankie Boyle gig in Belfast last night failed to materialise, the Daily Record reports today. Campaigners had objected to the publicly-funded Feile an Phobail festival booking the comic over his jokes about the disabled. At the gig Boyle said: 'Disabled people are not vulnerable people. They are oppressed people. Oppressed by the government.' Before the show festival organisers and protesters released a joint statement saying 'a range of effective measures' would be put in place 'to avoid a situation like this arising in the future'.

LOUIS CK has released a new comedy album, Live at Madison Square Garden, taken from his shows at the New York venue earlier this year. In an email to fans he said: 'Some of the material is in the Comedy Store Special. Some of it isn't. But it's also a fun show on its own. BUT since it's repeated material, I'm giving you the option to set your price anywhere from $1 dollar to $85. The default is $5. I hope you like it.' Buy here

QI PODCAST No Such Thing As A Fish are to play the West End. The show's researchers Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray, James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski are to record an episode at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on Monday November 16 as part of a live tour. Tickets.

MORE THAN 3.5 million viewers tuned in to see Jon Stewart's last Daily Show on Thursday, making it the second-highest rated episode ever, after a 2008 interview with Barack Obama when he was a Presidential candidate.

Published: 9 Aug 2015