2012 Archives
Mon 14 May 2012
BBC pilots spoof cops show
14/05/2012 … BBC Scotland is to launch a a semi-improvised, spoof cop show starring Jack Docherty in his first major TV comedy in more than a decade.
Fry & Laurie, together again
Duo are 'cooking up a project'
14/05/2012 … Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are to reunite for a secret new project.
Frank talks even more
Skinner extends Absolute contract – and hours
14/05/2012 … Frank Skinner has renewed his Absolute Radio contract for another year – with the station giving him an extra hour a week.
Jon Richardson: Am I OCD?
14/05/2012 … Jon Richardson is to make a Channel 4 programme about his obsessive-compulsive personality.
It's about quality, not class
Chris Hallam on the axing of My Family
14/05/2012 … Zoe Wanamaker complains that the My Family was axed last year because, she was told, ‘the BBC didn't want to have any more middle-class sitcoms’.
This rail service is a joke...
Comedy announcements to amuse commuters
14/05/2012 … Commuters between London and Birmingham will hear a series of comedy announcements from their train drivers this month – thanks to Tony Robinson.
episodes14
14/05/2012 … MATT LeBLANC sitcom Episodes kicked off its second BBC Two series with a respectable 1.