Thu 30 January 2014
Sanjeev Kohli takes on Scottish independence
...but Open All Hours may have scuppered his sitcom
30/01/2014 … Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli is to front a Weekly Wipe-style guide to Scottish independence.
Memoirs of the '7th Python'
Carol Cleveland writes her autobiography
30/01/2014 … Monty Python’s ‘7th member’, Carol Cleveland, is to write her memoirs to coincide with the comedy troupe’s comeback gigs this summer.
Still Open All Hours kept in business
30/01/2014 … The BBC has commissioned a full run of Still Open All Hours following the success of the Christmas special.
Wed 29 January 2014
Jim Davidson wins Celebrity Big Brother
29/01/2014 … Jim Davidson has won this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
'Banned' Bible comedy sells out
The publicity power of a protest...
29/01/2014 … Hardline Christian councillors who campaigned against a Bible-based comedy show have only served to boost its appeal.
Kurt Braunohler: Here's Where It Gets Weird...
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thearte, London
29/01/2014 … America’s Kurt Braunohler has something of a reputation for absurdist comedy which is not entirely ill-deserved given his oddball collaborations with Kristen Schaal…