Amazon to start making sitcoms
...and it's on the lookout for ideas
03/05/2012 … An unexpected new player has entered the sitcom business – internet retailer Amazon.
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Thu 03 May 2012
© BBC Class war!
BBC axed My Family for being 'too middle class'
03/05/2012 … My Family star Zoe Wanamaker says the BBC axed the sitcom because it was ‘too middle class’.
Wed 02 May 2012
In the doghouse
Keith Lemon blasted over pup giveaway
02/05/2012 … Keith Lemon’s new ITV show has attracted the ire of animal-lovers after giving away a puppy as a prize.
The world's Izz oyster
Eddie Izzard announces 2013 tour – to visit 25 nations
02/05/2012 … Eddie Izzard has announced the first dates in his 2013/14 world tour – which will eventually play in 25 countries.
Tue 01 May 2012
Sky to revive spoof chat show
01/05/2012 … The Kumars at No 42 is set to make a comeback – but in a downsized version.
Comedy Store makes £700,000 profit
...and pays comics £2.9million
01/05/2012 … The Comedy Store made £726,000 in pre-tax profit last year, according to its annual report.
How's this for a punch line?
01/05/2012 … Scottish comic Alan Anderson has been punched in the face after a run-in with a heckler.
Matt Lucas makes directorial debut
With a music video for The Proclaimers
01/05/2012 … Matt Lucas has made his debut as a director, thanks to The Proclaimers.