© BBC Mrs Brown slips down DVD charts
As McIntyre takes the comedy No 1 slot
03/12/2012 … Michael McIntyre outsold Mrs Brown’s Boys last week, to take No 1 in the new live comedy DVD charts.
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Rare Hancock scripts to be sold
03/12/2012 … A collection of rare radio scripts recorded by the likes of Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd, and The Goons is to be put up for sales.
Jason Manford to host review of 2012
03/12/2012 … Jason Manford is to host a prime-time review of the year for ITV.
'This is sacrilege'
Catholic Church demands apology for Communion sketch
03/12/2012 … The Catholic Church has demanded an apology for a TV sketch showing a man spitting into a bucket before receiving Holy Communion.
Third series for Sarah Millican
And good news for Chris Ramsey, too
03/12/2012 … The BBC has ordered a third series of the Sarah Millican Television Programme.
American Dad! is 'too violent'
...for an 8.30pm slot, regulator rules
03/12/2012 … American Dad! has been rapped by broadcast watchdogs for being too violent.
'You snaggletoothed grammar holocaust'
Frankie Boyle's Twitter fight with X-Factor finalist James Arthur
03/12/2012 … X Factor finalist James Arthur has threatened Frankie Boyle after a Twitter fight turned nasty.
Filming starts on Psychoville duo's new series
Inside No 9 to air in late 2013
03/12/2012 … Filming has begun on Inside No.