Wed 18 November 2009
© BBC TV comics 'pander to gay stereotypes'
18/11/2009 … Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has criticised broadcasters for pandering to ‘camp, cliched stereotypes’ of gay men by giving prime-time slots to comics…
© Comedy Central John Oliver lands US stand-up show
Breakthrough for Daily Show star
18/11/2009 … John Oliver has landed his own stand-up show in the States.
BBC Three seeks laughs in the pub
New sitcom from stand-up Warburton
18/11/2009 … A new pub-based sitcom, written by Stand-up John Warburton, is to be piloted for BBC Three.
Lee Evans: Access All Arenas
18/11/2009 … This is another in what can only be seen as an increasingly cynical commercial trend of repackaging bits of earlier DVD releases to cash in on the lucrative Christmas…
Chris Addison to star in Skins
18/11/2009 … Chris Addison is to make an appearance in E4 youth drama Skins.
Ben Elton's Royal rumpus
18/11/2009 … Ben Elton has become the latest comic to provoke a tabloid storm, after joking about the Royal Family on Australian TV.