'I have become a baldie and a slaphead'
13/01/2012 … ‘I think you can go a long, long way in performance if you have charm.
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Fri 13 January 2012
Happy Birithday, Douglas!
Big gig to celebrate Hitchhiker's genius
13/01/2012 … Friends of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy creator Douglas Adams are to throw him a ‘virtual’ 60th birthday party in the Hammersmith Apollo.
Thu 12 January 2012
Will Gervais be vetted?
Golden Globes chiefs want to see script in advance
12/01/2012 … Ricky Gervais has been told he must submit his Golden Globes script to awards organisers before hosting the event on Sunday.
ITV panel show for Paddy McGuinness
12/01/2012 … Paddy McGuinness is to host a new ITV panel show, cementing his role as the channel’s Mr Saturday Night.
A modest Showcase
Just two pilots in Radio 2 run
12/01/2012 … Radio 2 has launched this year’s Comedy Showcase pilots – comprising just Dave Gorman’s Pub Olympics and a panel show about soap operas.
Sky commissions family sitcom
...starring Tom Conti and Sally Phillips
12/01/2012 … Sky1 has commissioned a new family sitcom starring Sally Phillips and Tom Conti.
Wed 11 January 2012
Noel Fielding: I blew my own mind
New show drove Boosh star 'insane'
11/01/2012 … Noel Fielding said he took on so many comic characters for his new E4 show that he ‘erased his own personality’.
Tue 10 January 2012
Royal Bodyguard in the line of fire
David Jason's sitcom loses 4m viewers
10/01/2012 … David Jason’s sitcom The Royal Bodyguard has taken another slump in the ratings, down to 2.