America to remake Only Fools And Horses
28/01/2012 … Hollywood’s raid on British sitcoms has reached the most successful of them all – Only Fools And Horses.
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Sat 28 January 2012
Fri 27 January 2012
Alan Davies returns to stand-up
27/01/2012 … Alan Davies has announced his first UK tour in 12 years.
Ross Noble's powers of resurrection
27/01/2012 … ‘It’s a bit weird to get a British Comedy Award, because you sense you must have failed in some way.
Comic faces jail if he jokes about his dad
Censors target Daliso Chaponda
27/01/2012 … Stand-up Daliso Chaponda is risking imprisonment for joking about his dad.
Thu 26 January 2012
Pythons to reunite in new film
...playing prankster space aliens
26/01/2012 … All the surviving Pythons are set to reunite for a new film, directed by Terry Jones.
'Psychic Sally' sues over Paul Zenon article
Comic exposed tricks of the trade
26/01/2012 … Comedian and magician Paul Zenon is at the centre of a lawsuit after writing a newspaper article explaining how so-called ‘psychics’ can fool their audience.
'Selfish little kids are stealing my style'
Stewart Lee blasts copycat open spots
26/01/2012 … Stewart Lee has fired a broadside at open-spot comics who copy his style – claiming they are threatening his livelihood.
Sky orders a new Julia Davis comedy
'Gothic' series set in the 1800s
26/01/2012 … Nighty Night star Julia Davis is to create a dark seven-part historical comedy for Sky Atlantic.