Thu 12 November 2009
Noel Fielding cancels tour
To concentrate on film and album
12/11/2009 … Noel Fielding has pulled the plug on his 2010 stand-up tour.
Pranks again
Fonejacker to return – without the phones
12/11/2009 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new series of Fonejacker, with creator Kayvan Novak pulling practical jokes face to face, rather than over the phone.
Brooker to host R4 panel show
Comics asked for the 'wrongest' answers
12/11/2009 … Charlie Brooker is to host a new Radio 4 panel series next year.
© Showtime BBC2 calls for Nurse Jackie
Controversial US hit snapped up
12/11/2009 … BBC Two is set to court controversy after snapping up an American comedy about a drug-addicted nurse.
Get your writs out out
Flanagan may sue over 118 118 ads
12/11/2009 … Stand-up Micky Flanagan is considering suing directory enquiry company 118 118 – claiming they stole his ‘out, out’ catchphrase for its TV adverts.
History Girls at Lowdown At The Albany
12/11/2009 … Exactly their name suggests, The History Girls apply an appealingly daft wit to historical figures – most notably 19th Century romantic writers from the Yorkshire…