'Insane' plan to tax Fringe tickets
Edinburgh council seeks to boost income
24/09/2011 … The price of Edinburgh Fringe tickets could rise under after the city council leader proposed a new ‘festival tax’.
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Sat 24 September 2011
Fri 23 September 2011
Who's a slutty pumpkin, then?
23/09/2011 … ‘Nick Clegg has the air of a man who would leave a stag do early because he wouldn't want to miss Holby City’ Frankie Boyle.
New boss at The Office
23/09/2011 … The new boss in the US version of The Office has been named, following the departure of Steve Carell.
Thu 22 September 2011
© BBC Sitcoms under scrutiny
22/09/2011 … Digital channel Gold has commissioned a four-part series about the history of sitcom, and how the genre reflects everyday life.
Vegas does a Demi
Johnny recreates magazine cover
22/09/2011 … A photograph of Johnny Vegas recreating Demi Moore’s famous Vanity Fair cover has gone on display for the first time.
Wed 21 September 2011
Comedy Central scores biggest ever audience
Thanks to a naked Ashton Kutcher
21/09/2011 … Comedy Central scored its biggest ever audience last night – when it screened the first episode of Two And A Half Men since Charlie Sheen left the show.
© BBC Desperately seeking Michael
McIntyre tops list of internet searches
21/09/2011 … Michael McIntyre is the most searched-for comedian on Google, according to new research.
Fury as Aussie sitcom shows PM having sex
It's not like Are You Being Served?
21/09/2011 … Australia’s national broadcaster is in hot water over a sitcom scene showing Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a ‘sex scene’.