Our mole has been at it again! He (or she) sent us this message from the set of a new TV show in the works. Look who's in it!

"Get a load of this. That's Adam Buxton on the set of The Scum Also Rises, the new ad-agency sitcom for BBC Two which is currently filming out of Teddington Studios. Of course, I didn't show you that, right? It's produced by the guys who did The Inbetweeners, script-edited by Andrew "Not Going Out" Collins and is written by a guy who used to live, breathe and - given how mad, bad and crazy the show is - probably bathed in the excesses of "ad agency life".

From my perch behind the boiler, right next to the props table (which included a crucifix made from Ryvita) I saw everything, the whole episode and more. The highlights being: Adam bouncing on the sofa like a petulant child, Jarred Christmas dry-humping a table stacked high with huge pile of cash, Daisy Haggard performing a textbook prat-fall and Simon Farnaby dancing like the McDonald's Hamburglar. Surely that's what TV comedy's been missing all these years.

I've got to go now. If I hear anything else, I'll let you know, alright?

Love and kisses

The Mole. x"

Hmm. Very interesting...

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Brian is currently working on his 6th Solo album, 15 years in the making tentatively titled Tentatively Titled.

Brian recently performed at the Fairport Science Convention in Cologne where he staged an entirely digital concert on 1000 plasma screens across Cologne. Sadly, there was a technical fault and only three worked and the sound was out of sync. Still, he entered the Guinness Record Book.

[Editor's note: FAIRPORT SCIENCE CONVENTION is a science convention looking at the latest technologies around the world, from FEDGE the bending breezeblocks, HOMOSEXUAL FRIDGES and STAY FRESH NAAN BREAD. The first FAIRPORT SCIENCE CONVENTION was held in 1956 in Cromer and revealed the first ever roll of tin foil.]

Brian attended the premier of Wolverine - X Men Beginnings with his lovely wife Bupa and his son Krispin. When asked what he thought of it by one of the a GMTV presenter on the red carpet afterwards he said "a bit far fetched".

That's all the news for this week, make sure to watch Brian's Video Update above, and why not check out this list of Brian's Fav Things? See you next time.

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It was with much anticipation and excitement that around 10,000 Spinal Tap Fans descended on Wembley Arena last night. We were hoping to see the three men who rocked our worlds through our childhood with their hilarious take on 80s metal Metallica-likes. We saw them, and they officially rocked.

Fantastically, they supported themselves in the form of The Folkmen - a spoof folk group featured in a later documentary The Mighty Wind. 'Blood on the Coal', a song about a massive train wreck was inappropriately hilarious as is their way, and Harry Shearer had transformed into a woman (apart from his voice).

Folking it up with The Folkmen

Then The Tap burst on stage ready for a crazy gig. We were treated to songs from the entire history of the band, from the Beatles-esque 'Give Me Some Money' to heavy rock songs as 'Sex Farm Woman' and 'Rock and Roll Nightmare'. One of my highlights was their venture into Musical Theatre, with a song about Jack The Ripper - "You're a naughty one, Saucy Jack!".


They were joined by a host of guests: '70s keyboard legend Keith Emerson tried to push his organ over several times, Justin Hawkins from The Darkness, Steve Priest from '70s glam rock band The Sweet, and a whole host of girls came on stage for the finale of 'Big Bottom'.

But it was scary to see how much the band have aged. Somehow, I think everyone was expecting to see the 1984 film re-enacted on stage word for word, and for them to be 25 years younger. It was weird going to a rock gig that's all seated, but the heyday of the mosh pit is well and truly over for Spinal Tap - and for most of their fans!

However they might have lived up to our expectations, we still love them for all the times we have found comfort in the stupidity of their bad jokes and ridiculous music. In fact thinking on it now, I am slightly worried that my haircut may have been influenced by Nigel Tufnel.

Oh, and thanks to the guy a few rows in front of me - your comedy dancing was awesome.

"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."

Readers! What are your favourite Spinal Tap quotes?

Lucy McDermott is the researcher for Comedy Online and she goes all the way up to 11.

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