BBC comedy exec moves on
Two new commissioners announced
29/09/2011 … BBC comedy commissioner Simon Wilson has quit the corporation to join Bwark, the makers of The Inbeweeners.
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Thu 29 September 2011
Sky Arts to air Onion News Network
29/09/2011 … Sky Arts is to air The Onion’s satirical TV show after striking an exclusive deal with an international distributor.
Harry Hill to quit TV Burp?
What are the chances of that happening?
29/09/2011 … Harry Hill could be ready to quit TV Burp after nine years, it has been reported.
Wed 28 September 2011
White truck dude
America set to remake White Van Man
28/09/2011 … BBC Three sitcom White Van Man is set to be remade for an American network.
Tue 27 September 2011
Now that's monkey business...
Venue dumps comedy club – then asks rivals to take over
27/09/2011 … A comedy promoter is furious after being pub bosses turfed him out of his home of almost six years – then immediately approached rival bookers to take over the…
Sitcom master David Croft dies
Writer of Dad's Army and Allo Allo
27/09/2011 … David Croft, co-creator of a string of classic sitcoms including Dad’s Army and 'Allo 'Allo and has died at the age of 89.
Mon 26 September 2011
Keep these penises out of our theatre!
26/09/2011 … It may have been on the road for 13 years, but Puppetry Of The Penis is still proving controversial – with one local politician calling for the full-frontal…
Chris Langham makes his acting comeback
In a film opposite Simon Amstell
26/09/2011 … Chris Langham is to make his first screen appearance since his arrest for downloading child pornography.