Described by Jack in typical style as sort of autobiographical, it charts the first 25 years of Jack's life up until the moment he started in stand up. The hardback copy of the book is currently available at amazon.co.uk at a great discounted price of £10.

We were going to tell you about all of the areas of the book which Thanks for Nothing covers, however on reflection we think it's probably better if Jack tells you about it himself!

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The book itself is a great read, we read it from cover to cover in just one sitting.  It is a mix of the autobioraphical, charting the influences and experiences on Jack which lead him to his role as a stand up and ultimately his grumpy old man demeanour, and his thoughts on the world today.  So we get Jack's humourous views on a number of diferent areas of life ranging from personal trainers to the "overrated moon landing".

Overall we would highly recommend Thanks for Nothing to every Jack Dee fan.

Following the sad death of Humphrey Lyttelton last year, Jack, Stephen Fry and Rob Brydon had originally shared the hosting duties. However, for the new series of the long running radio show, which returns on 16 November 2009, Jack will return as the sole host.

The appointment is temporary at this stage with no news yet as to who would be the new permanent host. Originally following Humphrey's death it was unclear if the show would even continue. However, Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer has since stated that amongst the deluge of sympathy wishes for Humphrey there was a of correspondance asking for the show to return.

We wish Jack well in his new role.

Jack replaced the previous team captain Will Self and his team (Team A) which included Kate Garraway from GMTV and the Dizzee Rascal, the rapper and music producer, took on Ulrika Jonsson's team which included Peter Jones from Dragon's Den and Christine Walkden who provides gardening advice on the One Show.

The one off Christmas special followed the usual madcap antics of previous series of Shooting Fish including slurs against Ulrika due to her well documented love life, Vic Reeves leeching onto the most attractive femail guest (Kate Garraway) and bizarre question such as True or False, Bill Cosby was the first ever black man.  Of course this is false and the correct answer was Sidney Poitier!

The episode also included one hilarous scene where Jack Dee found himself with a dead bluetit on his head while a male opera singer sang into his face from about a foot away!  You can watch the clip here

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The Shooting Stars Christmas Special can be seen on the BBC's iplayer here

A few celebrities have joined the Twitter craze, while a few have had their names hijacked by other people pretending to be them.   To help catch the fakers, Jonathan Ross has appointed himself the Number One Twitter Detective and has set about debunking the fakes.  Jonathan also updates his own very funny Twitter account which can be followed here (@Wossy)

This week Jonathan confirmed that the Jack Dee on twitter is a fake and the profile was swiftly pulled by whoever was using it.

Here is a picture Jonathan Ross posted to prove he really is Wossy on twitter

Here hoping that now the fake has been unmasked that Jack Dee does decide to start twittering himself.  Jonathan is also currently pestering Jeremy Clarkson and Russell Brand to join up.

Here are a few UK based celebrities that currently have Twitter accounts to the best of our knowledge.  If you know of any others please drop us an email with the details.  We will try and keep this list as up to date as possible as time goes on

Jonathan Ross

Stephen Fry

John Cleese

Richard Branson

Robert Llewellyn

Andy Murray

Tonights episode of Lead Balloon has Rick Spleen suffering a near death experience when a falling lamp narrowly misses his head.  The result is Rick starting to appreciate all the simple things in life, like birdsong at 6am, much to his wife's annoyance!

1. Peter Kay
2. Lee Evans
3. Alan Carr
4. Catherine Tate
5. Dawn French
6. Rowan Atkinson
7. Al Murray
8. Jack Dee
9. Eddie Izzard
10. Frankie Boyle

Following his recent suspension from the BBC there was further bad news for Jonathan Ross who placed second in the list of the nation's least favourite comedians. The winner in this category was Jo Brand which we must admit came as somewhat of a surprise. The list of the nation's least favourite comedians were:

1. Jo Brand
2. Jonathan Ross
3. Victoria Wood
4. Ricky Gervais
5. Harry Hill
6. Jimmy Carr
7. Paul Merton
8. Russell Brand
9. Spike Milligan
10. Alan Bennett

The same poll also found Only Fools and Horses to be the nation's favourite comedy show followed by Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Red Dwarf in that order. We have have no doubt that it will not be long before Lead Balloon is joining this distinguished list.

Other shows announced on the schedule include the Prince of Wales starring is a special edition of the Antique Roadshow, the return of Blackadder for a one of edition, Blackadder Rides Again, and a Christmas Edition of  Strictly Come Dancing which will inlcude last years winner Alesha Dixon and Kelly Brook who had to withdraw due to the death of her father.

As part of the Blackadder special edition Rowan Atkinson will be giving a rare interview about what being involved in the show meant to him.

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The team guests this week are Frank Skinner, who filled in due to the absence of Paul Merton with a kidney infection, Mirands Hart and Quentin Letts.  Expect the usual quick fire gags and comments on the show together with Jack's usual enthusiastic performance!

In the interview Jack revealed a few snippets about himself including admitting that he is still occasionally referred to as the Midget with the Widget following his John Smith Adverts in the 1990s.  He joked that wasn't happy as he wasn't being paid for it now!

Jack Dee also revealed that he has recently completed a program for Comic Relief that will be aired on the BBC in March 2009 and said that he would never do I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Jack was also asked what was on his Christmas list and admitted that it was a chainsaw as he has lots of uncut wood sitting in his garden!

Lead Balloon airs at 10pm onThursdays on BBC Two.  The full interview on Heart can be found here.