Wed 21 November 2012
BBC Four unveils comedy line-up
21/11/2012 … Richard Pryor, Simon Amstell and PG Wodehouse will all feature in a raft of new comedy shows announced by BBC Four today.
BBC gets Parks & Rec
21/11/2012 … BBC Four has brought the rights to award-winning US comedy Parks and Recreation.
BBC censors Fist Of Fun
21/11/2012 … The BBC has censored the DVD release of Lee & Herring’s Fist Of Fun.
Lee Nelson Live
21/11/2012 … Watching Lee Nelson’s DVD is rather like watching a tour rep chivvy up a party of hens and stags through a Magaluf bar window.
James Corden takes on Santa
21/11/2012 … James Corden is set to star in a festive movie about a dad who needs to find his ’inner Father Christmas’ to win back his kids.
Morecambe and Wise sketch unearthed
21/11/2012 … A Morecambe and Wise sketch – unseen in 45 years – has been unearthed by a new documentary.
It's all in the jeans...
Carl Donnelly strides into the 'cool comedian' debate
21/11/2012 … There has been a lot of talk about ‘cool’ comedians – but all this is distracting from the most important factor on modern comedy: jeans.