E4 extends its PhoneShop contract
09/02/2012 … E4 has commissioned a third series of PhoneShop, with six more episodes to go out at the end of the year.
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Thu 09 February 2012
Billy Connolly, the 6ft dwarf
09/02/2012 … Billy Connolly has joined the cast of the Hobbit movies – playing a dwarf king.
Ruth Jones gets a second series of Stella
Ralf Little's The Cafe also recommissioned
09/02/2012 … Sky has ordered a second series of Ruth Jones's comedy Stella.
Wed 08 February 2012
Jon Richardson is Britain's funniest man
Says Loaded in its comedy awards
08/02/2012 … Jon Richardson has been named Funniest Man in this year’s Loaded Lafta awards.
More for the Threesome
Comedy Central renews its sitcom
08/02/2012 … Comedy Central has ordered a second series of its first home-grown sitcom Threesome.
Tue 07 February 2012
Edinburgh to lose its Bongo Club
Fringe venue gets marching orders
07/02/2012 … One of the Edinburgh Fringe’s quirkier venues is to close after this year’s festival, after being turfed out of its home by its university landlords.
Millican's anger at fans who filmed her show
07/02/2012 … Sarah Millican has become embroiled with an online row with fans who filmed some of her stand-up show on their phones.
Mon 06 February 2012
Another BBC Three series for Russell Kane
Co-hosting with Radio 1's Greg James
06/02/2012 … Russell Kane is to front a new BBC Three comedy-entertainment series about how the channel’s audience behave.