'Lost' Hancock script to be performed
Highlight of new comedy film fest
18/11/2011 … A lost comic gem, originally written for Tony Hancock, is to have its first public performance at the first London Comedy Film Festival next year.
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Fri 18 November 2011
You know, for kids...
Details of Vic Reeves' children's show revealed
18/11/2011 … More details have been released about Vic Reeves’s new sketch show for CBBC.
© BBC A million viewers desert Life Too Short
Ratings slump for Gervais sitcom
18/11/2011 … Life’s Too Short has lost a million viewers – or more than 40 per cent of its audience - between the first two episodes.
Buggering a bald cartoon transvestite
18/11/2011 … ‘I’ve never been led by money.
Jackie Mason to quit UK shows
18/11/2011 … Jackie Mason has announced his last ever stand-up performances in the UK.
Thu 17 November 2011
Edmondson blasts BBC 'wankers'
17/11/2011 … Adrian Edmondson has criticised BBC comedy bosses for being indecisive ‘wankers’.
Tim Minchin turns down Pepsi ad
17/11/2011 … Tim Minchin has turned down a lucrative offer to front an advertising campaign for Pepsi.
More awards for Peep Show
Scripts win Writers' Guild accolades
17/11/2011 … Peep Show creators Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain have another trophy for their cabinet, after scooping a Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Award.