© Ewen Roberts/Creative Commons Jessica Hynes creates female superhero
But no broadcaster is signed up
04/10/2016 … Jessica Hynes has written a TV show about a female superhero.
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Tue 04 October 2016
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Matt Richardson gets spooky
Hosting new 'haunted house' show with Christine Lampard
04/10/2016 … Matt Richardson is to present a Halloween TV series in which celebrities check into a supposedly haunted hotel.
Women scoop ALL these comedy writing awards
04/10/2016 … WOMEN have cleaned up in a talent hunt for exciting new comedy writers, scooping all four awards.
Off the hook
No action against comic who called Turkish president a goat-shagger
04/10/2016 … German prosecutors have dropped their case against a comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mon 03 October 2016
Robin Ince wins science award
Forget the Nobels, this is the big one...
03/10/2016 … Robin Ince has won a prestigious award for science journalism.
© BBC 'I cannot hide the facts'
Victoria Wood's brother defends controversial biography
03/10/2016 … Two rival biographies of Victoria Wood are being planned – threatening to cause a family rift.
It's Jocelyn... again
Radio 4 orders second series of sketch show
03/10/2016 … Jocelyn Jee Esien is to make a second series of her Radio 4 sketch show, It's Jocelyn.
Emotional night as Bafta hails Terry Jones
03/10/2016 … Terry Jones has made his first public appearance since revealing that he has been diagnosed with a form of dementia.