Ricky Gervais turns app entrepreneur
Like Twitter - but for voice messages
19/09/2012 … Ricky Gervais has launched his own iPhone app – which aims to be like Twitter, but using voice messages.
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Wed 19 September 2012
£3.6m budget for Mrs Brown's movie
...as quiz show is also piloted
19/09/2012 … The movie version of Mrs Brown’s Boys has been given a £3.
BBC 'lost interest' in Red Dwarf
Co-creator says they didn't want revival
19/09/2012 … The BBC had no interest in reviving Red Dwarf – even though it attracted audiences of up to eight million, co-creator Doug Naylor has revealed.
Tue 18 September 2012
Long and the short
Josie leads an army of comics making indie films
18/09/2012 … Josie Long is to make a short film named after her Edinburgh Fringe show Romance and Adventure.
© BBC America has another shot at Pulling
Another US pilot for Horgan's sitcom
18/09/2012 … American broadcasters are to have a second shot at adapting Sharon Horgan’s sitcom Pulling for the US market.
Mon 17 September 2012
Rowan makes a return to live comedy
17/09/2012 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a rare live comedy appearance at this year’s Prince's Trust comedy gala.
Sun 16 September 2012
Sarah Millican in ticket fees boycott
Comic won't play expensive theatre chain
16/09/2012 … Sarah Millican is to boycott Britain's largest theatre chain because of the crippling extra fees they charge customers.
Sat 15 September 2012
Comics up for Writers' Guild awards
Amstell, Jones, Jupp and more...
15/09/2012 … Simon Amstell, Milton Jones and Miles Jupp are among the nominees for this year's Writers’ Guild Awards.