Foster's renews awards sponsorship
...as producer reveals how it's changed
03/07/2013 … Foster’s has signed a new three-year deal to sponsor the Edinburgh Comedy Awards – as their producer reveals that The Queen has taken a keen interest in the…
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Wed 03 July 2013
BBC to order more online comedy pilots
03/07/2013 … THE BBC is to make another batch of its Comedy Feed pilots, to go out in September this year.
Aussies import A League Of Their Own
03/07/2013 … Australia is to make its own version of Sky 1’s comedy sports quiz A League of Their Own.
Tue 02 July 2013
Miranda up for two TV Choice Awards
For sitcom and Call The Midwife
02/07/2013 … Miranda Hart is up for two accolades in this year’s TV Choice Awards.
Strap in!
ITV pilots a sitcom set in a theme park
02/07/2013 … ITV has commissioned a sitcom pilot set in a theme park.
This calls for a hoedown!
Sky working on country-and-western comedy
02/07/2013 … Sky 1 is developing a comedy series based on the country-and-western singing parents of actress Sheridan Smith.
Mon 01 July 2013
Watchdogs clear Atkinson sketch
Comic Relief did not break rules
01/07/2013 … Watchdogs have cleared the BBC for airing a Comic Relief sketch in which Rowan Atkinson parodied the Archbishop of Canterbury.
BBC comedy pilots go online
01/07/2013 … THE BBC has released its eight Comedy Feed pilots online, including shows by Nick Helm, Cariad Lloyd, Kerry Howard, Totally Tom and Elis James and Chris Corcoran.