Janet Brown dies
27/05/2011 … Janet Brown, the comedian and impressionist best known for mimicking Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 87.
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Fri 27 May 2011
Psychoville's ratings horror
27/05/2011 … Psychoville has suffered a huge slump in viewers, with half its audience turning off over the course of the second series.
BBC Three axes comedies
...including How Not To Live Your Life
27/05/2011 … BBC Three has axed three of its comedy series.
Alan Partridge to write memoirs
...well, with Coogan, Iannucci and others
27/05/2011 … Steve Coogan is writing Alan Partridge’s memoirs, to be released this autumn.
Johnny Vegas, TV shopping host
As part of an ambitious theatre project
27/05/2011 … Johnny Vegas is to become a presenter on TV shopping network.
Billy Connolly hurt in trike crash
27/05/2011 … Billy Connolly has broken his rib after crashing his trike on America's Route 66.
© BBC Dick Emery, Queen's saviour
27/05/2011 … 'What makes you unhappy?''All UK comedians.
Thu 26 May 2011
Dave commissions 'micro sketch show'
4min episodes from Navelgazing
26/05/2011 … Internet sketch-makers Navelgazing have been commissioned to make a series of comedy shorts for digital channel Dave.