Thu 15 October 2009
qif15
15/10/2009 … AUSTRALIA is to get QI for the first time, with the F series being transmitted on ABC1 from next Tuesday.
Spice Girls of comedy
Producers 'manufacture' all-female sketch show
15/10/2009 … Channel 4 is to air an all-female sketch show featuring stand-ups Josie Long, Sara Pascoe and Nat Luurtsema.
evansda15
15/10/2009 … LEE EVANS is to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Anglia Ruskin University for his achievements in the entertainment industry.
Comics trading places
15/10/2009 … A new comedy documentary is to track Phill Jupitus as he performs stand-up in front of a New York audience.
Ricky Gervais: Science on tour
15/10/2009 … Movies are keeping Ricky Gervais busy these days; yet somewhere between the promotional junkets for The Invention Of Lying and writing and directing Cemetery Junction,…
Wed 14 October 2009
C4's comedy chief quits
Newman heads for Peep Show producers
14/10/2009 … Channel 4’s comedy boss Andrew Newman is to leave his job to work for the producers of Peep Show.
Looking for the punch line
Matt Price on the parallels between comedy and boxing
14/10/2009 … I interviewed professional and amateur fighters for a few years, boxed as an amateur superheavyweight and learned the hard way that I wasn't suited to being repeatedly…