Wed 05 October 2011
© Fox The Simpsons 'could be shut down'
05/10/2011 … The Simpsons could come to an end after the current series as producers Fox play hardball in salary discussions.
Tue 04 October 2011
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04/10/2011 … THE NEW 300-seat Newcastle branch of The Stand comedy club is to open on October 27, it has been announced.
Star-studded... and it's only a student film
Comics out in force for MA project
04/10/2011 … A host of top stand-up stars have helped a media student put together a slick documentary on what it takes to be a comedian.
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04/10/2011 … JON HOLMES and Alice Arnold have been commissioned to make a fourth series of Listen Against for Radio 4, which will start in early November.
Brung Up Proper by Jason Manford
04/10/2011 … Jason Manford’s autobiography is so full of authentic Northern ‘we we poor but we were happy’ charm that you can almost hear the Coronation Street theme play…
Don't panic! The sitcom's not dead
Steve Bennett on the myth of a comedy 'golden age'
04/10/2011 … Whenever an icon of comedy dies, broadcasters traditionally dust down a long-forgotten episode of their greatest work to screen in tribute.
Stand Up For The Week to return
04/10/2011 … Channel 4 has ordered a third series of Stand-Up For The Week, with a new line-up of comics.