Wed 24 February 2010
Big Top comes down
24/02/2010 … Amanda Holden’s sitcom Big Top has been axed by BBC One, after failing to wow critics or win huge audiences.
Another ITV show for Paddy
With Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican
24/02/2010 … Paddy McGuinness is being lined up for a new ITV1 series – opposite stand-up stars Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican.
A close call
6,000 have their say in Chortle Awards – but there are just 10 votes in it
24/02/2010 … Almost 6,000 people have cast their votes in this year’s Chortle Awards.
An expert in his Field
David Suchet to examine music hall legend Sid
24/02/2010 … BBC Four has commissioned a documentary about music hall comedian Sid Field, a pioneer of sketch and camp comedy.
Filming stops on Two And A Half Men
...as Charlie Sheen enters rehab
24/02/2010 … Production has been halted on Two And A Half Me, America’s most popular sitcom, after star Charlie Sheen went into rehan.
Tue 23 February 2010
More tributes to Jason Wood
23/02/2010 … Tributes continue to flood in to musical comedian Jason Wood, who died in his sleep at the weekend at the age of 38.