Sy's matters
Kids' comedy role for stand-up Thomas
05/09/2012 … Stand-up Sy Thomas is to star in a new children’s TV comedyHe will play a time-travelling adventurer, visible only to the title character, in the CBBC show The…
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Wed 05 September 2012
Michael Fassbender to play Frank Sidebottom
05/09/2012 … Hollywood star Michael Fassbender is to play ‘Frank Sidebottom’ in a new movie inspired by the comedian.
Risqué business
Bawdy sitcom oddity Casanova 73 coming to DVD
05/09/2012 … A forgotten Seventies sitcom oddity, which originally attracted the ire of clean-up TV campaigners for its risqué content, is to be released on DVD next month.
Tue 04 September 2012
Chris Tucker to tour the UK
Stand-up dates for Rush Hour star
04/09/2012 … Rush Hour movie star Chris Tucker is coming to the UK to perform a short stand-up tour.
Citizen Khan sheds viewers
04/09/2012 … BBC One sitcom Citizen Khan has lost almost a fifth of its audience between its first two episodes.
Radio 4 show for Adam Riches
04/09/2012 … Adam Riches is to make a full series for Radio 4, following the success of a one-off earlier this year.
'Buffoons' ruined US Thick Of It
04/09/2012 … Armando Iannucci has branded the American executives who tried to remake The Thick Of It as ‘buffoons’.
Mon 03 September 2012
Dylan Moran's weird world tour
Show goes to unusual locations
03/09/2012 … Dylan Moran has unveiled a tour of unusual European cities for an English-speaking stand-up to play.