UK Asian channel makes its first comedy
23/05/2011 … British-Asian TV channel Star has commissioned its first home-grown sketch show,The channel, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation which traditionally…
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200 enter new female comedy contest
23/05/2011 … More than 200 people have entered the new grassroots competition to showcase the best up-and-coming female comedy talent.
voting23
23/05/2011 … VOTING has now opened for the two remaining spaces in the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Awards, following the series of regional heats.
Have you herd the one about the cows...
23/05/2011 … Milton Jones has performed a stand-up routine for a field of cows, in a publicity stunt for cheese.
BBC orders another series of Getting On
On the day after Bafta triumph
23/05/2011 … The BBC has commissioned another series of Jo Brand’s NHS sitcom Going On – announcing the news the day after the show won her a Bafta for best comedy actress.