Jessica Hynes writes suffragette sitcom
18/02/2013 … Jessica Hynes has written a new BBC Four sitcom about a group of unlikely suffragettes.
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Mon 18 February 2013
© BBC Tributes paid to Richard Briers
18/02/2013 … Good Life star Richard Briers has died at the age of 79, just days after revealing he was suffering from chronic lung disease.
Kitson breaks sales records
18/02/2013 … Tickets for Daniel Kitson’s new show have sold out several venues within an hour of going on saleHis new tour, entitled 'After the Beggining .
Barry Cryer in stage fall
18/02/2013 … Barry Cryer had to cancel a live show at the weekend, after falling 4ft off the stage.
E4 orders more Mad Fat Diary entries
Second series for later this year
18/02/2013 … E4 has ordered a second series of its acclaimed comedy-drama My Mad Fat Diary.
Brand: Arthur remake was a mistake
18/02/2013 … Russell Brand has admitted it may have been a ‘mistake’ to remake the Dudley Moore comedy Arthur.
Sun 17 February 2013
Faking it...
New panel show for Alexander Armstrong
17/02/2013 … Alexander Armstrong could be fronting a new ITV game show based on fake literary first lines.
Sat 16 February 2013
Twinkle-toes Tim
16/02/2013 … Tim Vine has made it through to the final of Let's Dance for Comic Relief after proving tonight's biggest hit with viewers.