BBC Two series for Kevin Eldon
18/06/2012 … Kevin Eldon has landed his own BBC Two series.
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Mon 18 June 2012
You Muppet!
Danny Baker to write new Jim Henson TV show
18/06/2012 … Danny Baker is to write the script for a new Muppets-style show for BBC One.
What BBC Three wants
Comedy ambitions revealed as it hunts new writers
18/06/2012 … BBC Three has revealed the sort of comedy shows it wants to make in a briefing document sent out to producers.
Litigation For Dummies
Book publisher forces comic to change Edinburgh show name
18/06/2012 … Comedian Alan Anderson has been forced to change the name of his Edinburgh show after being threatened with legal action by the publishers of the ‘.
Sat 16 June 2012
Did Facebook ban Chris Lilley?
Claim over Angry Boys 'sneaky nuts' post
16/06/2012 … Australian comedian Chris Lilley claims he has been banned from Facebook - after posting a picture of one of his characters exposing a testicle.
Iannucci pwnes Alastair Campbell
Satirist accused of selling out over OBE
16/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci has become embroiled with a Twitter row with former spin doctor Alastair Campbell for accepting an OBE.
Well hello, Dalai
Russell Brand's double act with Tibetan leader
16/06/2012 … Russell Brand has performed his unlikely double act with the Dalai Lama.
Armando Iannucci given OBE
16/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci has been made an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours.