Comics: Stop saying 'midget'
It's a cheap laugh that causes harm, says Warwick Davis
02/05/2014 … Warwick Davis has called on comedians to stop using the word 'midget'.
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Fri 02 May 2014
Variety era comic Eli Woods dies
02/05/2014 … Comic Eli Woods – best known as Jimmy James’s stuttering stooge – has died at the age of 91.
Blowing the budget
02/05/2014 … ‘I hardly ever get slagged off [online] now.
Thu 01 May 2014
Nick Helm lands BBC Three series
Heavy Entertainment gets a full run
01/05/2014 … Nick Helm has landed his own BBC Three series – one of three new shows unveiled by the channel today.
Marc Maron's TV show comes to the UK
01/05/2014 … Marc Maron’s American TV series is to be aired in the UK.
Wed 30 April 2014
Hebburn gets an American accent
Adam Sandler's company set to remake BBC sitcom
30/04/2014 … BBC Two sitcom Hebburn is to be remade for American TV – with the help of Adam Sandler.
Patrick Stewart to star in newsroom sitcom
Created by Family Guy's Seth Macfarlane
30/04/2014 … Patrick Stewart is to star in a new sitcom co-written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.
Stephen Fry to go on tour
30/04/2014 … Stephen Fry is to embark on a UK tour.