News Quiz accused of 'exploiting' writers
08/03/2012 … The BBC has been accused of exploitation and hypocrisy, after asking comedy writers to work on Radio 4’s flagship topical show The News Quiz for free.
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08/03/2012 … The BBC has been accused of exploitation and hypocrisy, after asking comedy writers to work on Radio 4’s flagship topical show The News Quiz for free.
08/03/2012 … Tim Brooke-Taylor is to front a new spoof news bulletin about animals, in what will be his first major TV comedy since the Goodies.
08/03/2012 … Irish comic David McSavage has been banned from the road for two years after being caught speeding and driving without insurance.
08/03/2012 … Sky Atlantic has snapped up the rights to Russell Brand's new American late-night show.
07/03/2012 … A new stage version of Steptoe And Son is set to tour the UK.
07/03/2012 … Comedian Adam Hills is to host Australia’s first ever mass same-sex ‘wedding’ on TV.
07/03/2012 … Sweden is to make its own version of QI.
06/03/2012 … Alan Carr is quitting the Saturday night Radio 2 show he has hosted for the last three years.
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