Graham Norton has been crowned the most influential person in British comedy.

Dark horse contenders Michael Andrews and Gary Jules squeezed ahead at the last minute tonight to beat British retro rockers The Darkness to the coveted UK Christmas No 1 spot.

The Darkness are still just ahead of Gary Jules in the race for the coveted UK Christmas number one.

The Pop Idol 12 have flopped to fifth place in the race for the Christmas number one, according to sales figures.

The Darkness and the Pop Idol 12 were battling it out today as the race for the UK Christmas number one hots up.

Punk pop trio Busted shot to the top of the UK charts tonight, dashing Britney’s chances of going in at number one.

Ant and Dec, Ali G and Avid Merrion will fight it out for a top honour at the British Comedy Awards.

A song which holds the record as the UK’s longest chart-topper could be heading back to number one for Christmas.

The Big Brother housemates livened up their stay indoors by putting on a sexy cabaret show.

Big Brother viewers saw feisty housemate Federico get a dressing down last night for “inappropriate behaviour”.