© BBC 'What a vile paper'
The Sun blasted over Ted Robbins heart attack video
02/02/2015 … Ted Robbins’s sister has blasted The Sun for publishing a video of the comedian collapsing on stage.
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Mon 02 February 2015
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BBC's transgender sitcom: First picture
Shooting starts on Boy Meets Girl
02/02/2015 … This is the first picture from Britain’s first transgender sitcom, which has just started shooting in Manchester.
Sun 01 February 2015
© BBC Ted Robbins 'is doing well'
Phoenix Nights Live to go on without him
01/02/2015 … Ted Robbins’s wife says the comedian is ‘doing well’ after his collapse on stage during Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights Live last night.
Jim Davidson pulls gig, saying: 'The stage is too high'
Show axed with an hour's notice
01/02/2015 … Jim Davidson cancelled a gig last night – after complaining that the stage was too high.
Tours, a festival and Kim Noble's challenging show...
01/02/2015 … It's a really strong week for live comedy this one, with loads of tours kicking off, some exceptional shows and the start of the Leicester comedy festival.
© BBC/2LE Media/Colin Hutton Asylum writers: It's not about Assange
Denials after the row over tweet
01/02/2015 … The writers of the new BBC comedy Asylum have audaciously claimed that it was NOT inspired by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after all.
Sat 31 January 2015
Ted Robbins collapses at Phoenix Nights
Comic, 59, 'clutched his chest'
31/01/2015 … Veteran comic Ted Robbins collapsed on stage during Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights revival show tonight.
Fri 30 January 2015
C4 drops London Irish
No second series for twentysomething sitcom
30/01/2015 … London Irish, Channel 4's comedy about badly-behaved Northern Irish twentysomethings, will not be returning for a second series.