C4 sitcom for Barratt and Coleman
Flowers is 'dark, funny and challenging'
09/12/2014 … Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt are to star in a new comedy pilot, playing the parents of twentysomething twins.
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Tue 09 December 2014
Mon 08 December 2014
Another round of Toast
Channel 4 orders a third series of Matt Berry's comedy
08/12/2014 … Channel 4 has commissioned Matt Berry to make a third series of Toast of London.
New Chris Morris sketch 'not ready yet'
08/12/2014 … Chris Morris’s new sketch failed to make an appearance yesterday – because it wasn’t ready in time.
Australian comic Stella Young dies
Disability campaigner was just 32
08/12/2014 … Australian comedian Stella Young has died unexpectedly at the age of 32.
Good comedians die young
...according to new academic research
08/12/2014 … The funniest comedians are more likely to die young, according to a new scientific paper.
Reg D Hunter investigates blackface
08/12/2014 … Reginald D Hunter is to investigate blackface and minstrel shows for a BBC Two documentary about the music of the American South.
Sun 07 December 2014
Rhod Gilbert takes on Kilimanjaro
07/12/2014 … The comedy week ahead…TodayLIVE IN LONDON: As probably not recommended by the Daily Express, Coming Over Here, Laughing At Our Jokes is a celebration of the movement…
Monsters still rule...
Lee Evans hold onto No1 DVD slot
07/12/2014 … Lee Evans has maintained his position at that top of the stand-up DVD chart for the third week running.