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Rail union boss to appear on Have I Got News For You

2009-11-23T07:21:06Z

Railway workers' leader Bob Crow is to become the first ever trade union official to appear on TV's Have I Got News For You, it was announced

Stephen Merchant: The Baftas aren't enough anymore, I'm rooting for an OBE

2009-11-13T14:53:38Z

Stephen Merchant had a chat with us backstage at Livestock 2009 and revealed the real reason he was at the event.

Sound check: Rocking with Laughter

2009-11-06T11:57:28Z

Flight of the Conchords are part of a trend that proves it's possible to make a comedy song you can listen to more than once.

Jimmy Carr: I'll do soldier gig as apology

2009-10-26T13:56:10Z

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

David Walliams and Jimmy Carr rally round to comfort Matt Lucas

2009-10-07T12:01:19Z

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

Chelsy Davy enjoys a knees-up at Bungalow bash

2009-09-10T11:25:09Z

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

Jimmy Carr goes a bit Killers crazy

2009-07-07T13:44:36Z

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

Sporting Miscellanies

2009-05-29T11:37:49Z

Sport: Which WAG came top in a poll asking people which WAG would be their preferred shopping companion?

Terrific yet odd celebrations for Comedy Store

2009-05-18T23:00:00Z

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

Sachs is cross as Ross is up for Bafta

2009-03-24T09:07:32Z

Andrew Sachs has spoken of his surprise as Jonathan Ross was nominated for a Bafta

You can hang out with all the boys, Walliams

2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

David Walliams didn't look too happy about being snapped with his chum Dale Winton.

Jimmy Carr is warm as well as nasty

2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

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

Frankie Boyle is aiming too low

2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

Frankie Boyle might be near the knuckle on BBC2's Mock The Week but TV viewers are getting the sanitised version.

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

2008-08-29T07:27:45Z

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

Memories of home in 66a Church Road

2008-08-10T23:00:00Z

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

Best Comedy Festivals

2008-07-04T10:38:23Z

Comedy is big business at this year's rock festivals, with better-than-ever line-ups - making this the summer of laughs.

Parklife for Shakespeare in Open Air Theatre

2008-06-04T23:00:00Z

Liz Hoggard will always be grateful for the egalitarian, alfresco embrace of the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.

Talent trampled by talk

2008-04-01T23:00:00Z

Andrew Maxwell and Simon Amstell did not have a very successful gig at Neighbourhood. But it was more the setting than the comedians that were to blame, says Bruce Dessau.

Stars mourn legendary Red Rose Comedy Club

2008-01-14T12:00:54Z

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.

Why comedian plus punchline equals guffaw

2008-01-03T11:47:31Z

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

Comeback for quips

2007-12-03T00:00:00Z

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.

DVDs of the week

2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

One-note banter

2007-11-06T00:00:00Z

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

Critic's choice: Top comedy shows

2007-08-02T10:40:39Z

Edwardian-themed sketches from The Ornate Johnsons, the Camden Fringe and Mock The Week's Andy Parsons are among the top comedy choices.

Cross should devote less time to his friends

2007-06-21T23:00:00Z

Famous for his part in Arrested Development, David Cross is a hip, taboo-thumping stand-up who needs to spend more time on stage, says Bruce Dessau

It's Croydon for Carr

2007-06-05T11:25:01Z

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

Critic's choice: top five comedies

2007-04-26T11:54:03Z

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

Jimmy gets down to business

2006-12-04T00:00:00Z

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.

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

2006-11-23T16:22:59Z

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

Our pick of the comedy stores

2006-10-25T14:26:14Z

Here is our pick of the best comedy clubs in London.