TV giant seeks sitcoms
Talkback Thames names first head of scripted comedy
07/07/2011 … Talkback Thames – the TV giant behind The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and QI – has appointed its first head of scripted comedy.
Thu 07 July 2011
© Kraft Dawn French to tour... with a puppet
Plan to replace Jennifer Saunders
07/07/2011 … Dawn French wants to go on tour – but with a life-sized puppet in place of Jennifer Saunders.
Wed 06 July 2011
Come into the light....
John Fleming has some illuminating advice for new comedians
06/07/2011 … The stage.
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06/07/2011 … CHANNEL 4 has brought the rights to John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show – with the comic introducing Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Eugene Mirman, Mary Lynn Rajskub…
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06/07/2011 … JAMES MULLINGER has won Chortle's £75 for the best Correspondents article in June for his piece on meeting Jerry Seinfeld.
TV comedy has lost its flavour
Theo Weedon bemoans bland formats – and bland comedians
06/07/2011 … Comedy in the UK has become a monster.