Joan Rivers accused of strike breaking
10/07/2013 … Joan Rivers is facing disciplinary action from the Writers Guild Of America for breaking a strike.
Wed 10 July 2013
Jim Davidson rebailed
10/07/2013 … Jim Davidson has been rebailed until October over allegations of sexual offences.
© Fox How TV jokes about sexual exploitation
'It's grotesque' say campaigners
10/07/2013 … Underage girls are more likely to be the butt of sexually exploitative jokes in sitcoms than adult characters, a new report has found.
I Laughed, I Cried by Viv Groskop
10/07/2013 … It’s a feature-writing staple: a journalist – probably with a secret desire to be a comedian – picks up a few tips from the pros, then performs a one-off…
Tue 09 July 2013
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Sitcom gets a second series after just one episode
09/07/2013 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Count Arthur Strong – after just one episode has aired.
Cissie and Ada: An Hysterical Rectomy
09/07/2013 … They are comedy’s equivalent of the jukebox musicals: plays about dead comics that can draw both on nostalgia and an established back-catalogue of writing.