Wed 28 April 2010
BBC apologises for Frankie
Palestine joke a 'serious breach' of standards
28/04/2010 … The BBC has apologised for a Frankie Boyle joke in which he compared Palestine with a cake being ‘punched to pieces by a very angry Jew’.
Singing the blue...
Ashley Frieze on why musical comedians can get such a bad press
28/04/2010 … To paraphrase a review from Chortle, ‘he took a well known song and changed the lyrics so they were a bit rude’.
Ade: I'm done with comedy
'My heart's not been in it for a decade'
28/04/2010 … Adrian Edmondson says his comedy career is over, admitting he has been merely going through the motions for the past decade.
Laugh yourself fit
Comedy is 'as good as exercise'
28/04/2010 … Watching comedy can be as beneficial as physical exercise, another study has shown.
Peter Kay: The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour
28/04/2010 … Peter Kay is a great entertainer, but a mediocre comic.
Tue 27 April 2010
Victoria Wood plays mum
...in new Eric and Ernie drama
27/04/2010 … Victoria Wood is to star in a TV drama about the early years of Morecambe and Wise, playing Eric Morecambe's mother Sadie.
© BBC Paul Merton to front One Show
Temporary stand-in after Chiles leaves
27/04/2010 … Paul Merton is to guest host BBC One’s The One Show once Adrian Chiles leaves.