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Hot Tickets - Weekend comedy

12.08.11
Here are the biggest comedy gigs in the capital this weekend..... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

03.06.11
Here are the biggest gigs and comedy in the capital this weekend... ... more

Frank Skinner and Jimmy Carr face waxing in charity event

04.02.11
Comics Frank Skinner and Jimmy Carr face being torn off a strip on live TV - by being waxed as a charity forfeit... more

Jimmy Carr and Rich Hall crowned comedy legends at Loaded Laftas

01.02.11
Jimmy Carr and Rich Hall were among the winners at the 2011 Loaded Laftas awards held at The Cuckoo Club in Piccadilly, London... more

City Spy: It's such a risk to predict a recession

21.01.11
The Queen famously asked worthies at the London School of Economics in 2008 why nobody saw the credit crunch coming... more

Clash of the comics: Stephen Fry, Jimmy Carr, Al Murray and Frank Skinner battle to raise £1 million for Red Nose Day

17.01.11
This year, four of Britain’s best loved comics will face the battle of a lifetime, as they campaign fiercely for their limited edition flavours of Walkers crisps... more

The best DVDs for a Christmas on the sofa

23.12.10
TV drama has had a cracking year and the comedy boom is unstoppable - here's our essential guide to the best of this year’s new DVD releases... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

05.11.10
Our critics round-up the best comedy and music this weekend in the capital... more

The one line that proves brevity is the soul of wit

24.08.10
The success of Tim Vine's succinct and deliciously silly gags show the timeless power of the one-liner... more

Put a gag in it! Comics take a pop at Keith Chegwin ‘for stealing jokes’

22.07.10
Keith Chegwin has been accused of posting gags by famous comdedians, including some attributed to Jack Dee and Jimmy Carr, on the internet... more

Conveyer belt of comedy sees Noel Fielding and Jimmy Carr top the bill

24.03.10
The Teenage Cancer Trust comedy gig boasted the cream of male comedy, most of them dressed as if en route to a City job interview.... more

There's new life in the old Depeche Mode

18.02.10
Depeche Mode couldn’t have set the bar higher if they had personally placed it on the Albert Memorial.... more

Jimmy Carr keeps the acid-tongued rounds on target

30.11.09
To borrow some more sporting parlance it is just a shame Jimmy Carr cannot win pretty rather than win ugly. ... more

Jimmy Carr: I'll do soldier gig as apology

26.10.09
Comic Jimmy Carr has offered to play a charity gig after causing a furore with a joke about wounded British troops.... more

David Walliams and Jimmy Carr rally round to comfort Matt Lucas

07.10.09
David Walliams and Jimmy Carr spent hours comforting Matt Lucas after his ex-partner’s suicide.... more

Chelsy Davy enjoys a knees-up at Bungalow bash

10.09.09
Royal ex Chelsy Davy joined a long list of celebs at St Martins Lane Hotel last night... more

Jimmy Carr goes a bit Killers crazy

07.07.09
Talk about being star struck! Jimmy Carr was like a screaming teenager last night while out with The Killers. ... more

Terrific yet odd celebrations for Comedy Store

19.05.09
There was a giggle of comedians on stage at the Comedy Store to celebrate the trailblazing club's 30th birthday.... more

Jimmy Carr is warm as well as nasty

10.12.08
Jimmy Carr is such a consummate craftsman that somehow his jokes about his girlfriend, disability and the homeless rarely offend.... more

Fight is on to save comedy venue from a concrete-filled fate

29.08.08
One of London's best-loved independent music and comedy clubs is set to be closed down and filled in with concrete... more

Memories of home in 66a Church Road

11.08.08
Daniel Kitson has plumped for the homespun theatrical storytelling style of Alan Bennett. The result is the treat of the Fringe.... more

Stars mourn legendary Red Rose Comedy Club

14.01.08
One of London's oldest and most respected comedy clubs, where some of the country's best comedians cut their teeth, is to shut down after 20 years.... more

Why comedian plus punchline equals guffaw

03.01.08
The Science Museum is to embark on the first scientific examination of what makes Londoners laugh.... more

Comeback for quips

03.12.07
Jimmy Carr and Michael McIntyre, two smart-suited, smart-brained quip merchants are both currently making the subtle art of the simple punchline resemble child's play.... more

DVDs of the week

13.11.07
Escapism of the highest order in the fifth Harry Potter film, Jimmy Carr chruns out some more gags and fun with Little Britain Abroad.... more

One-note banter

06.11.07
Glaswegian gob Frankie Boyle tells jokes well and is the master of the cruel one-liner, but his best material was his brown jacket.... more

It's Croydon for Carr

05.06.07
Sharp-suited stand-up Jimmy Carr brings his show, complete with un-PC gags, to Croydon for one night only.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedies

26.04.07
Arthur Smith, Jimmy Carr, Tony Robinson, The Tiger Lillies and Nicko & Joe - the capital is awash with comedy talent this weekend.... more

Jimmy gets down to business

04.12.06
Of all today's comedians, the ex-marketing man Jimmy Carr is the most instinctively businesslike and his latest show, Gag Reflex, is a scarily efficient display of jokesmithery.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

23.11.06
The eccentricity of Ken Campbell, the wit of Jimmy Carr and some new material from Ricky Gervais are among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more


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