Jennifer Saunders blasts TV 'idiots'
19/12/2011 … Jennifer Saunders has fired a broadside against TV executives – saying the industry is full of interfering ‘idiots’.
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Mon 19 December 2011
On The Buses creator Ronnie dies
19/12/2011 … Ronnie Wolfe, the co-creator of On The Buses, has died after hitting his head in a fall at the age of 89.
Sun 18 December 2011
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18/12/2011 … Angelos Epithemiou had a plan to save Shooting Stars, but would anyone listen? He said: ‘I told them months ago they should change it - get a good person in to…
Alan Davies: Air crew told me to f--- off
18/12/2011 … Australian airline Qantas has launched an inquiry after Alan Davies complained that one of its stewards told him to ‘fuck off’.
Sat 17 December 2011
Comedy Awards honour axed shows
Gongs for Shooting Stars, Psychoville
17/12/2011 … Several shows axed by the BBC have been honoured at the British Comedy Awards.
Fri 16 December 2011
Micky Flanagan signs exclusive C4 deal
Broadcaster gets its chequebook out, out
16/12/2011 … Micky Flanagan has signed an exclusive one-year deal with Channel 4.
Noel Fielding to release an album
With Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno
16/12/2011 … Noel Fielding is to release the soundtrack for his surreal new E4 show as an album.
Bigger than the Belly
London's South Bank festival grows
16/12/2011 … The Udderbelly is to be part of a bigger carnival-themed festival when it returns to London’s South Bank for its annual summer stint.