Ricky Gervais turns app entrepreneur
Like Twitter - but for voice messages
19/09/2012 … Ricky Gervais has launched his own iPhone app – which aims to be like Twitter, but using voice messages.
Wed 19 September 2012
'He was rebellious without even trying...'
Oliver Lansley on playing Kenny Everett
19/09/2012 … BBC Four is about to add to its considerable catalogue of biopics about dead comedians, with a new 90-minute drama about Kenny Everett.
£3.6m budget for Mrs Brown's movie
...as quiz show is also piloted
19/09/2012 … The movie version of Mrs Brown’s Boys has been given a £3.
Their names escape us...
Robert Ross ponders why some comics get forgotten
19/09/2012 … Over the last 15 years or so I've written lots of books on lots of British comedy from the Carry Ons and Benny Hill, to Monty Python and Last Of The Summer Wine.
BBC 'lost interest' in Red Dwarf
Co-creator says they didn't want revival
19/09/2012 … The BBC had no interest in reviving Red Dwarf – even though it attracted audiences of up to eight million, co-creator Doug Naylor has revealed.
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19/09/2012 … SIMON AMSTELL's profile in the US is set to receive a small boost, as his stand-up show Do Nothing has been scheduled to air on BBC America on October 6.
Tue 18 September 2012
Long and the short
Josie leads an army of comics making indie films
18/09/2012 … Josie Long is to make a short film named after her Edinburgh Fringe show Romance and Adventure.