Rhod gets a big slice of the DVD pie
Gilbert lands best-selling debut title
03/12/2009 … Rhod Gilbert has claimed the title for this year’s fastest-selling debut stand-up DVD.
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03/12/2009 … SKY TV producers want Eddie Izzard to play Long John Silver in a new adaptation of Treasure Island, industry magazine Broadcast reports.
Brydon pilots new BBC Two show
Format promises stand-up and sketches
03/12/2009 … BBC Two is piloting a new entertainment vehicle for Rob Brydon.
TV is running scared of edgy comedy
03/12/2009 … Television chiefs are shunning controversial comedy in the wake of the ‘Sachsgate’ backlash, the BBC’s head of comedy has admitted.
New sitcom for Simon Bird
E4 series about a Jewish family
03/12/2009 … Inbetweeners actor Simon Bird is to star in a new E4 sitcom about a Jewish family.
BBC Two show for Amos
Six-part sketch and stand-up series
03/12/2009 … Stephen K Amos has landed his own six-part BBC Two show.
Topping & Butch: Sex, Drugs & Harriet Harman
03/12/2009 … Cheekily camp Topping and Butch have such innate warmth and charm that they could be Morecambe and Wise on Poppers… even if they’ve yet to find their Eddie Braben…