Ticket agencies to profit from Phoenix Nights
Comic Relief not the only beneficiary...
04/12/2014 … Britain's biggest ticket agencies stand to net hundreds of thousands of pounds from Peter Kay's charity Phoenix Nights revival.
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Thu 04 December 2014
Wed 03 December 2014
Brand vs Farage showdown...
03/12/2014 … RUSSELL BRAND is to face Nigel Farage on BBC One’s Question Time.
Stand bosses' new deal on Assembly Rooms
Contract for a fourth Edinburgh Fringe
03/12/2014 … The owner of The Stand comedy clubs has signed a deal to operate The Assembly Rooms again at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Richard Gadd working on C4 comedy
As well as online shorts for BBC Worldwide
03/12/2014 … Stand-up Richard Gadd is developing a comedy for Channel 4.
BBC Scotland focuses on Still Game
03/12/2014 … The story of Still Game is to be told in a BBC Scotland documentary to air over the New Year.
Tue 02 December 2014
Cheers to that!
Drunk History gets a full UK series
02/12/2014 … The British version of Drunk History has been commissioned for a full series.
The hippies aren't happy
Mark Steel upsets the chakras with Glastonbury show
02/12/2014 … Mark Steel has been accused being abusive towards religious beliefs, after he mocked the New Age followers who live in Glastonbury.
Chris Morris back on the radio
First new broadcast in 14 years
02/12/2014 … The first new Chris Morris radio sketch in 14 years is to air this weekend.