Wanted: Budding sitcom writers
£5,000 search for a new series
23/08/2012 … Budding sitcom writers are being urged to enter a £5,000 competition to try to find the next comedy hit.
Thu 23 August 2012
Sue Perkins to star in her first sitcom
23/08/2012 … Sue Perkins is to write and star in her first sitcom – a semi-autobiographical account about coming out.
© BBC Whitehouse and Enfield reunite
For a 'home video' Match Of The Day
23/08/2012 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are the latest comedy stars to be working on a TV clip show.
Bottom's up!
Rik and Ade to revive their sitcom characters
23/08/2012 … Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall are to revive their Bottom double-act for a new BBC Two sitcom.
C4's comedy boss moves to BBC
Shane Allen to be in charge of all commissioning
23/08/2012 … Channel 4’s comedy head Shane Allen has jumped ship to become the BBC’s top comedy commissioner.
Underdogs: Fringe 2012
23/08/2012 … The Underdogs were finalists in this year’s Natys, the new act competition once run by the Hackney Empire.
Bec Hill: Fringe 2012
23/08/2012 … There are sackfuls of winsome charm in Bec Hill’s disarmingly upbeat show.
Bob & Jim: Fringe 2012
23/08/2012 … With their affected mild-mannered Thirties Cockney accents – all ‘blimey!’ and ‘crumbs!’ – Bob & Jim evoke a more innocent variety-hall era of entertainment.