BBC Three picks up Russell Kane series
19/01/2012 … Russell Kane is to host a new live comedy show for BBC Three showcasing the best of circuit comedy.
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Thu 19 January 2012
Kathy Burke writes her first TV comedy
Autobiographical series for Sky
19/01/2012 … Kathy Burke has written her first ever TV series, which has been picked up by Sky Atlantic.
The f-bomb that wasn't...
Fury over Modern Family storyline
19/01/2012 … Modern Family has been attacked by clean-up TV campaigners for an episode about a toddler dropping the F-bomb .
Wed 18 January 2012
Mongrels to be put down
18/01/2012 … BBC Three has axed its puppet sitcom Mongrels after two series.
Jack Dee pilots Sky panel show
Format based on audience banter
18/01/2012 … Jack Dee could be fronting his own comedy panel show for Sky Atlantic.
Cop comedy Vexed to return
18/01/2012 … Shooting has begun on a second series of police comedy-drama Vexed.
Together at last: Pasquale and Powell
Odd couple for Doctor In The House play
18/01/2012 … Fifties comedy hit Doctor In The House is being revived for the stage – featuring the unlikely duo of Joe Pasquale and Robert Powell.
Tue 17 January 2012
Letterman booker fired for female comics gaffe
Eddie Brill axed as Late Show gatekeeper
17/01/2012 … The man who’s booked stand-ups for the Late Show with David Letterman for more than a decade has lost his job, just days after making controversial comments about…