Russell Brand

When Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz idea first arrived in 2004 it was a clever way to take list and nostalgia shows forward. But by the time last Sunday's Big Fat Quiz Of The 00s came around it was already falling foul of the law of diminishing returns. (Not to be confused with the law of diminishing tax returns, which is something you'd have to ask Jimmy Carr about).

It didn't help that Noel Fielding decided to reprise his trick of offering a wacky left-field answer instead of the correct one. It was quite funny when he first did it back in 2007 alongside Russell Brand, but here it was just irritating, and merely served to highlight how much Fielding has lost his way since the demise of The Mighty Boosh.

His mojo will no doubt return one day. But it's probably time to ditch the donkey-ears hat. It's not a good look. Particularly when you're behaving like an ass.

Russell Brand hits out at Geri Halliwell heckler

Russell Brand leapt to Geri Halliwell's defence during a stand-up gig when a heckler poked fun at the ginger singer.

Why we love Russell Brand

Russell Brand has returned to stand-up. Fiona Sturges witnessed the comeback.

Russell Brand dating Geri Halliwell

Geri, 40, and Russell, 37, were 'seen getting close after the Olympics closing ceremony' where both performed.

'Russell Brand was too dirty to sleep with'

Jasmine Lennard revealed on Celebrity Big Brother that she thought Russell Brand was too dirty to sleep with.

Russell Brand shouldn't speak for everyone on drugs

So because it worked for him, Russell Brand is persuaded that abstinence-based recovery, rather than reliance on methadone, is the best way to help those with the "greedy disease£ of opiate dependence. Funny, I didn't have the madcap comedian down as a conservative with a small c but if the acres of media coverage around his BBC3 programme From Addiction to Recovery are anything to go by, he's certainly a lot less progressive than he likes to make out.

Russell Brand urges move away from methadone clinics

Resources should be diverted away from methadone schemes and diverted towards abstinence-based recovery initiatives as a way of treatment drug addiction, Russell Brand urges in a forthcoming BBC documentary.

Video - Russell Brand: 'I took drugs every day'

Russell Brand has told Newsnight's Stephanie Flanders he believes in "abstinence-based recovery" as a method to tackle drug and alcohol addiction.

The comedian has made a documentary for BBC Three charting his own recovery, which includes footage of his life as a drug addict.

"I took drugs every single day," he said.

Archive footage shows Russell Brand smoking heroin

Wasted Russell Brand sits on the floor taking heroin in shocking real-life scenes filmed when he was a junkie.

Russell Brand attacked for wardrobe girl flash demand

Sex-mad comic Russell Brand was told off by Billy Connolly after he refused to start filming until a wardrobe girl flashed her boobs at him.