Joan Rivers autopsy released
Death a result of 'predictable complication'
16/10/2014 … An autopsy has revealed that Joan Rivers was sedated before she died of low blood oxygen during a medical procedure.
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Thu 16 October 2014
Wed 15 October 2014
America's new Moone shot
ABC to remake Chris O'Dowd's comedy
15/10/2014 … Chris O’Dowd is adapting his hit Sky 1 comedy Moone Boy for American TV.
Doll & Em to return
Second series for Sky Living comedy
15/10/2014 … Sky Living has ordered a second series of Doll & Em – this time set in New York.
© Steve Ullathorne Comedies are top of the pods
15/10/2014 … RADIO 4's Friday night comedies are the most-downloaded audio podcast made by the BBC, new figures have revealed.
Kitson announces Christmas shows
Week-long residency in South London
15/10/2014 … Daniel Kitson is to perform a Christmas show designed as an antidote to the rowdy seasonal club gigs.
Tue 14 October 2014
Bill Maher announces London show
14/10/2014 … American satirist Bill Maher has announced a one-off London show.
Loudmouth 'fan' drives McIntyre offstage
Front-row punter kept interrupting gig
14/10/2014 … Michael McIntyre called a halt to a stand-up show last night – because of a woman talking persistently and loudly in the front row.
Jenny Eclair gets more Lifetimes
R4 recommissions monologue series
14/10/2014 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Jenny Eclair's Little Lifetimes monologues.