Up Pompeii remake is buried
23/08/2016 … The BBC has dropped a planned remake of Up Pompeii after failing to secure Miranda Hart to take the lead role, it has been reported.
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23/08/2016 … The BBC has dropped a planned remake of Up Pompeii after failing to secure Miranda Hart to take the lead role, it has been reported.
22/08/2016 … Mrs Brown’s Boys is the greatest British sitcom of the 21st Century, according to viewers.
22/08/2016 … FLEABAG star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been snapped up by major US agent UTA after what trade website Deadline called a 'very competitive pursuit'.
22/08/2016 … An exhibition of Arthur Smith’s socks has been nominated for all three categories in the Malcolm Hardee awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
22/08/2016 … John Cleese’s revival of Fawlty Towers for the stage has largely been deemed a hit by critics.
22/08/2016 … Irish comedy series Bridget & Eamon is to air in Britain after being sold to UKTV’s Gold channel.
21/08/2016 … The comedy week ahead.
21/08/2016 … Glaswegian comic Larry Dean has won this year's Amused Moose Comedy Award.
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