David Jason to pen memoirs
...but they won't be out til 2014
03/10/2012 … Sir David Jason has signed a deal to write his autobiography – but it won’t be out until the autumn of 2012.
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Wed 03 October 2012
Tue 02 October 2012
Sheer madness
Twitter storm over comic's 'women are less funny than rape' comment
02/10/2012 … Canadian comic Mike Sheer has prompted outrage by writing an article on Chortle concluding ‘women are less funny than rape’.
Charlie Baker cooks up a sitcom
With Russ Abbott and Martine McCutcheon
02/10/2012 … The BBC is piloting a new sitcom from comedian Charlie Baker, as a man who sets up a business from home.
Mon 01 October 2012
British Comedy Awards details announced
01/10/2012 … This year's British Comedy Awards are to take place on Wednesday December 12.
1.3m knocked out of the World Cup
Ratings error on C4 comedy show
01/10/2012 … Channel 4’s new panel show The Comedy World Cup has turned out to be a lot less popular than first thought, thanks to an error by audience-measuring company Barb.
Charlie Murphy axes UK tour
01/10/2012 … American comic Charlie Murphy has cancelled almost hall of his UK tour, just over a week before the first date.
Sam's the man
Simmons lands his own TV sketch show
01/10/2012 … Edinburgh comedy award nominee Sam Simmons has landed his own TV sketch show in Australia.
Fri 28 September 2012
Steve Coogan gets serious
New film about adoption scandal
28/09/2012 … Steve Coogan is to star in a movie based on the true story of an Irish woman forced to put her illegitimate son up for adoption in the Fifties.