Wed 13 January 2016
Why studio execs almost axed The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Steve Carell 'looked like a serial killer'
13/01/2016 … Steve Carell has revealed that The 40-Year-Old Virgin almost never made it into cinemas – because studio bosses thought he looked 'too much like a serial killer'.
TV comedy to revisit stand-up's golden era
13/01/2016 … A new TV comedy is to be based around the burgeoning 1970s Los Angeles stand-up scene.
Tue 12 January 2016
Robert Newman: The Brain Show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thetare
12/01/2016 … He is dressed as he should be – as if he's about to deliver a lecture to the Royal Institution, in tweed jacket, smart waistcoat and bow tie, which he occasionally…
2.9m see Tracey Ullman's return
But sketch show divides critics
12/01/2016 … Tracey Ullman's return to British TV proved a ratings success last night.
Elly's on the telly
DeGeneres's talk show finds a UK home
12/01/2016 … Ellen DeGeneres’s US talk show is coming to the UK.
This research into sarcasm is really important
Older people don't get the joke
12/01/2016 … Older people are not as good at getting sarcastic jokes, because they take the statements too literally.