Red Dwarf producer Charles Armitage dies
Grant Naylor founder and agent was 62
10/02/2017 … Charles Armitage, the executive producer of Red Dwarf and a leading showbiz figure, has died at the age of 62 The grandson of legendary composer Noel Gay,…
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Fri 10 February 2017
© David Shankbone / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Mike Myers to play the man who mentored him
New movie about improv svengali Del Close
10/02/2017 … Mike Myers is to play improv comedy legend Del Close in a new movie.
© BBC/Matt Stronge 'Too posh for my liking'
10/02/2017 … • Russell Brand has left the agent whom he credited with creating turning his life around.
Channel 4 comedy chief to quit
Phil Clarke and his No 2 Nerys Evans stand down
10/02/2017 … Channel 4’s head of comedy Phil Clarke is to step down to set up a production company with Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
Thu 09 February 2017
© C4 Channel 4 gets Damned again
Jo Brand social work sitcom to return
09/02/2017 … Jo Brand’s social work sitcom Damned is returning to Channel 4.
Young Frankenstein's West End run confirmed
As Bafta awards Mel Brooks a fellowship
09/02/2017 … The musical version of Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein is to open in the West End on September 28, it has been announced.
Jack Whitehall becomes an action hero
09/02/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to become an action hero in a new Sky 1 comedy, Bounty Hunters.
Sky orders a second Delicious course
09/02/2017 … Sky 1 has ordered a second series of Dawn French’s love-triangle drama Delicious.