Sun 02 December 2012
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02/12/2012 … MIRANDA HART has returned to the top of the Sunday Times hardback bestsellers list with her memoirs, Is It Just me?.
Sat 01 December 2012
Morecambe 'should ditch Wise'
What BBC thought before they made it big
01/12/2012 … BBC chiefs wanted Eric Morecambe to ditch Ernie Wise and go solo, according to a memo unearthed in the corporation archives.
© BBC Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee 'very alive'
Despite what the internet says
01/12/2012 … Dad’s Army star Bill Pertwee has become the subject of hurtful internet rumours that he died at the age of 86.
Shouldn't comedy be more than 'conversation plus'?
By Chortle editor Steve Bennett
01/12/2012 … Remember that old Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin pays to have argument? The gag is surely in the preposterous idea that someone would hand over good money…
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01/12/2012 … FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane is to appear on rival show The Simpsons in autumn 2013, voicing a character who seeks an affair with Marge Simpson after they…
Fri 30 November 2012
June Whitfield, comedy legend
Actress to receive festival accolade
30/11/2012 … June Whitfield is to be honoured with the first Comedy Legend award to be given out by Bristol’s Slapstick festival of vintage humour.
Producer sues Pythons over Spamalot
30/11/2012 … The surviving members of Monty Python are being sued by a film producer who says he is owed royalties from the stage show Spamalot.