10. Never knowingly oversold
Edinburgh 10 x10: Ten offputting blurbs
26/07/2013 … OK, some of these are deliberately offputting or underplayed as a double-bluff, but these are not exactly well-sold.
Fri 26 July 2013
© BBC Blackadder in Colditz?
John Lloyd has a cunning plan...
26/07/2013 … Blackadder could return as a movie set in a German prisoner of war camp.
'It's real life; but just not quite'
26/07/2013 … David Walliams’s new sitcom Big School – which he both stars in and co-wrote with The Dawson Brothers – starts on BBC One next month, with an ensemble cast…
Second series for The Midnight Beast
26/07/2013 … Musical comedy trio The Midnight Beast have landed a second series with E4.
'Sometimes it’s hard to add humour to magic'
Perfect Playlist: Ali Cook chooses his comedy favourites
26/07/2013 … Steve Martin: Let’s Get Small (1977)He started out working in a magic shop in Disneyland and ended up as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
'Be more sensitive to Catholic faith'
Irish broadcaster warned after comedy sketch
26/07/2013 … Irish broadcaster RTE has been told to be more careful not to offend Catholics after attracting complaints over a comedy sketch.
Thu 25 July 2013
Is Arrested Development coming back? Definitely
...as a film or another series
25/07/2013 … Arrested Development will be back – either as another series or as a movie – creator Mitch Hurwitz has confirmed.