Book deal for Bridget Christie
09/07/2013 … Bridget Christie has signed a publishing deal to write ‘a funny book about feminism’.
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Tue 09 July 2013
Putting the Cats among the Countdowners
09/07/2013 … The 8 Out of 10 Cats teams are to take over Countdown for six more episodes.
© BBC Comedy clearout
Axed: Wright Way, Getting On and Heading Out... plus questions over Miranda
09/07/2013 … The BBC has axed Ben Elton’s much-derided sitcom The Wright Way – while there is a question mark over the future of Miranda.
© BBC Dog comedy from Getting On stars
09/07/2013 … Getting On creators Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine are to pen a new sitcom for the BBC, set at a dog training class.
Mon 08 July 2013
Compere attacked at gong show
VIDEO: Contestant takes rejection badly...
08/07/2013 … Comedian Andrew Ryan has been attacked on stage by a gong show contestant who’d been booed off.
The elite have 'stitched up' comedy
But Stewart Lee is trying to challenge it
08/07/2013 … British comedy has undergone an elitist 'stitch-up', with poorer performers being ‘priced out’ of success, Stewart Lee has claimed.
Tara crowned satirist of the year
08/07/2013 … IRISH comedian Tara Flynn has been named Satirist Of The Year at the Swift Satire Festival in Trim, Co Meath, staged in honour of Gulliver’s Travels author Jonathan…
Eddie Izzard visits Iraq
To highlight child refugee crisis
08/07/2013 … Eddie Izzard has travelled to Iraq to report on the crisis facing Syrian refugees in the country.