Laughing stock: the week in comedy
Brian Logan on the week’s comic business, from news to latest comedy happenings
Hee haw: 'laughing animals' - in pictures
Dr Dolittle would be proud of some of the characters shown here as they prove they can be just like humans
Disclaimer - any similarity with real persons is purely accidental
Frank Skinner doesn't stand up for Benefits Street
Brian Logan: The Brummie comic fails to see the funny side of the Channel 4 TV series. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David go for theatrical gold and a planned Richard Pryor biopic moves a step closer
Bob Mortimer: are Oxbridge alumni really the UK's funniest?
Brian Logan: Vic Reeves's sparring partner asks why certain comics still hog the TV schedules. Plus Jim Davidson, Jerry Lewis and more
Are Australian and Scouser dirty words?
Brian Logan: ITV gets worried about offensive terminology, BBC goes for gender-balanced panel shows and Panorama takes on Comic Relief. Plus: Prince to act on a sitcom … as himself
Mandela tweets and Jimmy Savile jokes … has comedy crossed the line?
Brian Logan: Spoof preacher Reverend Billy faces community service, Frankie Boyle and Simon Amstell provoke tabloid outrage and the Edinburgh free festival schism widens
Russell Brand v the Sun: war of words hots up
Brian Logan: Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the Week
Sarah Silverman fans make mincemeat of Variety scribe
Brian Logan: TV writer Brian Lowry in hot water, Reginald Hunter says being called misogynist is 'rude' and Omid Djalili tries to crack America – again
Monty Python drop heavy hints about reunion
Brian Logan: Cleese and crew in 'secret talks', with a press conference imminent. Plus: is legendary comic Andy Kaufman really dead?
Stewart Lee and critic go head to head – but why?
Brian Logan: There's Much A-Stew about Lee as critic walks out. Meanwhile, Judi Dench fights film censorship and Ricky Gervais joins an animal activist campaign
Facebook feud: fan accuses Reginald D Hunter of 'misogyny and violence'
Hunter's followers retaliate with death threats. Plus: Russell Brand is 'double double against genocide', Jon Stewart lashes out at media and John Cleese hates today's comedy, writes Brian Logan in this week's comedy news
Ross Noble mocks Mock the Week
Brian Logan: Stand-up comedian says the show is 'terrible'. Plus: Jo Brand cracks a Prince Harry cocaine joke, Russell Brand edits the New Statesman and more
Rhod Gilbert announces plans to quit standup comedy
TV opportunities take the Welsh comic off stage. Plus: BBC postpones Comic Relief investigation, Louis CK battles a union and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fail to liftoff
Amanda Holden reveals sexual assault by 'famous comedian'
Brian Logan: The Britain's Got Talent judge says she was attacked by an unnamed comic, 21st-century comics grapple with homosexuality, and David Brent realises his rock-god dreams
Roseanne Barr goes on the rampage over 'joke theft'
Brian Logan: The US comedian slams Two and a Half Men's Chuck Lorre for nabbing her gags, Jennifer Saunders slags off the BBC and Johnny Vegas interviews himself
Lee Mack is panned for saying women aren't cut out for comedy
Brian Logan: The Daily Express blasts Lee Mack for his views on female comedians, a bunch of comedians take part in skirmishes, and Hello Ladies gets lacklustre reviews
Catherine Tate brings back Nan
Brian Logan: While Nan gets a TV show of her own, Jason Manford protests high booking fees, and comedy writers clash over Radio 4
The sound of Mitchell and Webb's triumphant return to Radio 4
Brian Logan: The comedy duo head back to the airwaves – just as Charlie Higson bemoans the lack of British sketch shows on TV and Adrian Edmondson loses interest in comedy altogether
Women in Comedy festival affirms rise and rise of feminist humour
Brian Logan: Luisa Omielan and Gina Yashere on board as show numbers swell to more than 100. Plus, what Lenny Henry should have left unsaid and the latest on the Edmondson-Davidson spat
David Brent to support Coldplay live
Ricky Gervais's Office character will strut his stuff on stage with the big boys, Lee Evans just wants to sit and paint, and we enjoy some scientific one-liners from our readers
Alan Davies repays his debt to Margaret Thatcher
Brian Logan: The Jonathan Creek star remembers how Thatcher's £40 per week saved him in the 1980s, while Aziz Ansari signs a giant book deal and John Cleese flogs face cream across the world
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