Thu 08 January 2015
© BBC Crims
08/01/2015 … Crims is basically Porridge as done by BBC Three – which means plenty of gags about wanking, bummings and threesomes.
Demo planned over famine comedy
Protesters to descend on Channel 4
08/01/2015 … Campaigners are planning to hold a demonstration outside Channel 4's headquarters in protest at their planned comedy set against the Irish famine.
Women not allowed
Comedian insists on an all-male audience
08/01/2015 … A comedian says he’ll ban women from the audience of his next Edinburgh show.
A Slough death...
Sky 1 orders apocalyptic comedy-drama
08/01/2015 … Sky 1 has ordered a new comedy-drama about the end of the world.
Wed 07 January 2015
Bec Hill in… Ellipsis
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Soho Theatre
07/01/2015 … In November, Bec Hill won a plastic loo seat for having the best toilet joke: ‘For Christmas last year I got given Sudoku toilet paper.
The Interview gets a UK release
07/01/2015 … THE INTERVIEW – the Seth Rogen and James Franco action comedy that triggered the North Korean-backed cyberattack on Sony Pictures – is to be released in UK cinemas…