Acaster films panel show pilot
31/01/2014 … James Acaster is to record a pilot of a new panel show next month, hosted by Glee star Kevin McHale.
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Fri 31 January 2014
'Religious hate dressed up as comedy'
Fury over Come Heckle Christ show
31/01/2014 … A comedy show in which the audience are invited to hurl abuse at a man dressed as Jesus has caused a storm down under.
Did they just rip off our red carpet bit?
Comics accuse E! News of 'blatantly stealing'
31/01/2014 … An American gossip show has been accused of ripping off ideas from comedians.
Twitter shuts satire account after government complaint
Clampdown on spoof JobCentre feed
31/01/2014 … Twitter has closed down a parody account mocking government policies days after Whitehall warned the writers: ‘It is not satire’.
Jerry teases Seinfeld reunion
31/01/2014 … JERRY SEINFELD has given aways some more clues about the Seinfeld reunion.
Call everyone Dave day
31/01/2014 … • 'There's so much terrible stuff in the clubs: you see audience's minds being polluted by awful language and base thoughts.
Thu 30 January 2014
Memoirs of the '7th Python'
Carol Cleveland writes her autobiography
30/01/2014 … Monty Python’s ‘7th member’, Carol Cleveland, is to write her memoirs to coincide with the comedy troupe’s comeback gigs this summer.
Sanjeev Kohli takes on Scottish independence
...but Open All Hours may have scuppered his sitcom
30/01/2014 … Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli is to front a Weekly Wipe-style guide to Scottish independence.