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Fri 02 October 2015
Doug Stanhope intervenes in suicide bid
02/10/2015 … Doug Stanhope talked a man out of jumping from Edinburgh's North Bridge after his gig in the city last night.
Thu 01 October 2015
Not a happy medium!
Shirley Ghostman invades Derek Acorah show
01/10/2015 … Shirley Ghostman creator Marc Wootton has been interviewed by police after interrupting a Derek Acorah show and challenging him to a 'psychic showdown'.
© C4 Man Down gets a third series
01/10/2015 … Man Down is to return to Channel 4 for a third series, star Greg Davies has revealed.
E4 orders Roisin Conaty comedy
...18 months after pilot aired
01/10/2015 … Roisin Conaty's comedy pilot Game Face is to be made into a full series for E4.
E4 gets Wasted
New sitcom set in the West Country
01/10/2015 … E4 has commissioned a new West Country comedy from the writers of Cuckoo.
© Gordon Correll / Flickr / Creative Commons David Schwimmer joins Julia Davis comedy
C4 confirms Morning Has Broken
01/10/2015 … Friends actor David Schwimmer has joined the cast of Julia Davis’s new comedy, Morning Has Broken.
Roseanne goes Russian
01/10/2015 … NINETIES US sitcom Roseanne is being remade for Russia.