Loserville groaned as received a BBC press release about the impending Comic Relief telethon on Saturday 5th March. However, the press release spoke of actually a rather brilliant idea. This is 24 Hour Panel People – a 24 hour comedy panel show with rotating special guest panelists as fronted by David Walliams. 24 hours of witty banter, this  comedy crusade reminded us of the Mark Watson 24 hour stand up  experiment at the Edinburgh Fringe a couple of years ago. He babbled hilariously to a sold-out house for 24 hours about anything which came into his head. We hope David Walliams can live up to this without resorting to an enslaught of funny/slightly racist voices.

Anyhoo tickets are free through audience agency Standing Room Only and the slots for audience are only 2 hours long, so you probably wont find it too much of an ordeal. And the number of celebrity guests should be huge so there might be some greats in your sitting. We think we’re going to go for the 3am slot on the Sunday morning!

Click here for free tickets to 24 Hour Panel People

Loserville noticed a couple of really interesting free lectures at the LSE and we thought we’d let you lovable losers know first:

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Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted its youth

Date: Wednesday 20 October 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speakers: Ed Howker, Shiv Malik
Chair: Professor Julian Le Grand

Why can so few young people afford to buy a house? Why do even top graduates struggle to find jobs? Why does politics – from voting to protesting – seem so pointless? Why is Britain not just ‘broken’ but also broke? Twenty-something journalists Ed Howker and Shiv Malik tell the sad, maddening story of how their generation’s future is being strangled by the culture of short-termism.

Ed Howker, is associate editor of The Spectator, and previously worked for Channel 4′s Dispatches and the Independent. Shiv Malik, 29 is a freelance journalist who, in 2008, was named by the Evening Standard as one of the thousand most influential Londoners. They are coauthors of The Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted Its Youth.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.

MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World

Date: Friday 22 October 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Don Tapscott

Don Tapscott is an internationally renowned authority on the strategic impact of information technology on innovation, marketing and talent. He is a hugely successful author whose books include the international bestseller, Wikinomics. He will be in the UK for the release of his new book MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World.

Don Tapscott explains how the current economic crisis is transforming society, business and markets, and where the opportunities are for thriving in the face of the downturn.

The global economic crisis is a wakeup call to the world: we need to rethink and rebuild many of the organizations and institutions that have served us well for decades, but now have come to the end of their life cycle. The financial services industry, for example, does not just need fresh infusion of capital or some new regulations; it needs a whole new operating model – one based on transparency, sharing of intellectual property and global governance.

As the crisis has spread to other sectors in the economy and even other sectors of society, it is exposing structural weaknesses and modes of operation that no longer nurture social and economic growth. The recent collapse of many newspapers is just one storm-warning of more to come: conventional wisdom isn’t going to cut it for success in this century. We need to reinvent our institutions.

The most compelling issue: We face no challenge today that is more important than creating a green energy grid and reindustrializing the planet for sustainability. And for the first time in human history, the peoples of the world are building a global movement to solve this problem – a movement in which everyone is on the same side. So while the burning of the global economic platform is propelling change, simultaneously the digital revolution is driving new opportunities and a new generation of digital natives is entering the workforce, people who think differently and bring a new and much-needed set of skills to our problems.

Don Tapscott has unique insight and bold proposals for how to transform these institutions to meet the challenges posed in the new century by new media, a new generation and a new economy.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email j.browne@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7106 1218.

From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check this listing on the day of the event.

Lecture summaries from LSE’s website where there are loads more free public lectures here

Simple ways to get free tickets in London, capital of great expense!

1. If you’re under 26 try Arts Council’s A Night Less Ordinary, contact the venues far in advance though to find out when their free tickets are released. All the major subsidised venues such as Roundhouse, BAC and others are on there.

2. Same again but Barbican and National Theatre have their own free-to-join schemes for under 26 year olds which are ace as they email you when tickets are available and you can get em for some super stuff. Their follow up tickets for a fiver are ace too!

3. Join What’s On Stage’s theatre club for free theatre tickets to the best west end shows all year round. Membership can be pricey but it’s worth it!

4. Time Out’s offers page is amazing for free tickets, add it to your bookmarks and get free tickets to amazing gigs, shows and events. It is updated roughly every Tuesday to coincide with the publication of the magazine…SO GOOD!

5. Evening Standard’s offers and competitions are unbeatable, always good tickets for variety of events.

6. Our favourite weekly mailout Run-Riot has super free tickets every week for the most offbeat and cool events around.