Thu 20 September 2012
Stephen K Amos: I Used To Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey
20/09/2012 … Stephen K Amos’s literary debut is, unsurprisingly, written with the same light touch as his crowd-pleasing stand-up.
BBC Three orders Pappy's sitcom
Studio show from Edinburgh Fringe trio
20/09/2012 … Sketch trio Pappy’s are to make their own six-part sitcom for BBC Three.
RIP Michael Hurll
Creator of British Comedy Awards dies at 75
20/09/2012 … Michael Hurll - the man who started the British Comedy Awards – died yesterday at the age of 75.
commonwealth20
20/09/2012 … BILLY CONNOLLY has become an ambassador for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, hosted by Glasgow, and has narrated an animated film telling the story behind the mascot.
Wed 19 September 2012
Derek on demand
Gervais's show bypasses US broadcasters – and goes direct to Netflix
19/09/2012 … Ricky Gervais’s series Derek will be bypassing broadcasters in the States – to go straight to video-on-demand service Netflix.
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.