Update 24/5/14. I'm indebted to Paul Holmes of website The Velvet Onion for pointing out to me that last night's Fast Show Special Part One was not quite as new as it seemed. Some, if not all, of the sketches had previously been aired on the internet as part of the Foster's Funny series a couple of years ago. Johnny Nice Painter (Charlie Higson) freaking out at the mention of "white" for a change can still be seen online.

Milton Jones has announced a new tour for 2015, Milton Jones and The Temple of Daft.

The new set will showcase Milton’s trademark gags, which are as attention-grabbing as his brightly coloured shirts. The show is a rip-roaring quest to find buried treasure. But will Milton (picture by Steve Ullathorne) learn that the best treasure is to be found in people’s hearts? Let’s hope not, that would be really dull. 

Never throw anything away. I was reminded of this when I was watching a BBC2 documentary about journalist Lynn Barber recently. At one point interviewer Alan Yentob and Barber visited the north London home of 91-year-old newspaper archivist Edda Tasiemka. She had footballers in the toilet, film stars under stairs, politicians in the hall. I mean she had cuttings about them. Tasiemka is a legend among journalists of the pre-Google age. She was the first port of call when they were researching a story.

I’ve seen Abandoman loads of times over the years. At the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, in a tent in Greenwich, at the Altitude Festival and elsewhere and they have never failed to be entertaining. Rob Broderick’s improvised raps always raise a laugh. His rhymes may not always be absolutely spot-on but let’s face it, could you come up with off-the-cuff couplets off the top of your head in front of a packed house for an hour? No? Thought not.