Peter Kay jumps to BBC One
And his new series will air online first
24/03/2013 … Peter Kay is to make his first sitcom for BBC One, about two supermarket workers in a car-share scheme.
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Sun 24 March 2013
A joke writ large
Comic Kurt hires a skywriter for his punchline
24/03/2013 … American comedian Kurt Braunohler has spent $4,000 on a single joke.
Fri 22 March 2013
And the People's Choice winner is...
Remaining student semi-finalists announced
22/03/2013 … The winner of the People’s Choice place in the Chortle Student Comedy Award with ALCATEL ONE TOUCH can be revealed as Kevin O’Connell.
CBBC orders topical comedy series
22/03/2013 … CBBC has ordered a new topical comedy news series.
Vote for a dead Stewart Lee...
22/03/2013 … ‘With all due respect, it’s quite superficial.
Horrible Histories team create a Sky comedy
Humans and puppets in Yonderland
22/03/2013 … The team behind Horrible Histories are making a family comedy show called Yonderland for Sky 1.
A new Moone rising
22/03/2013 … Chris O'Dowd’s acclaimed comedy Moone Boy has been recommissioned for a third series before the second has even aired.
Sky orders new Nick Frost comedy
Bittersweet series from Curb director
22/03/2013 … Nick Frost is to star in a new romantic period comedy series as a man driven to attempt suicide by his failed marriage and career.