Revealed: Alan Partridge movie plot
21/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci has revealed some of the plot of the new Alan Partridge movie.
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Thu 21 June 2012
Bafta seeks comedy writers
21/06/2012 … Bafta is seeking budding British comedy writers to showcase to American TV executives.
Gervais is the new king of Twitter
21/06/2012 … Move over Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais is the most influential comedian on Twitter.
Toga party!
ITV pilots 'The Inbetweeners meets ancient Rome'
21/06/2012 … ITV2 has piloted a sitcom set in ancient Rome, starring Friday Night Dinner’s Tom Rosenthal.
'Cripple' case postponed
Delay for comedy promoter's trial
21/06/2012 … Legal action against a comedy promoter arrested after using the word ‘crippled’ to promote a comedian with muscular dystrophy has been postponed.
Jimmy Carr pulls out of 'dodgy' tax scheme
Comic apologises for his affairs
21/06/2012 … Jimmy Carr has pulled out of the controversial tax-avoidance scheme that even David Cameron has referred to as ‘dodgy' and a ‘scam’.
Take a trance on me...
Rufus Hound to host hypnotism show
21/06/2012 … Rufus Hound is to host a new ‘comedy hypnotism gameshow’ for ITV2.
Wed 20 June 2012
Comic to pay for reviews
£100-a-time 'bribe' to win Fringe coverage
20/06/2012 … Comedian Caimh McDonnell has come up with a novel way of getting his Edinburgh show seen by critics .