BBC1 pilots sitcom about gay couple
With Robert Lindsay and Richard Griffiths
08/08/2011 … BBC One is piloting a primetime sitcom about a middle-aged gay couple.
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Mon 08 August 2011
BBC apologises for mentioning comic's YouTube clip
Richard Bacon contrite over Stanhope interview
08/08/2011 … The BBC and Richard Bacon have both apologised for mentioning the fact that clips of offensive material by American comedian Doug Stanhope were available online.
Comics back Amnesty campaign
08/08/2011 … Comedians have backed Amnesty International’s Edinburgh Festival campaign to help free five men held in the United Arab Emirates for ‘insulting officials’Ed…
Sun 07 August 2011
Comics get cultural
How comedy's influence has spread
07/08/2011 … Comedy is a major influence on Britain’s cultural life, Fosters award producer Nica Burns has claimed.
Sat 06 August 2011
Russell Brand performs a wedding
06/08/2011 … Russell Brand has conducted a marriage ceremony during one of his stand-up gigs.
Now this is awkward..
Watch Dane Cook and Louis CK discuss joke stealing
06/08/2011 … Dane Cook has appeared on Louis CK’s American sitcom in a scene that mines real-life joke-stealing accusations for uncomfortable laughs.
© CBS C4 goes for 'Broke'
Broadcaster snaps up US sitcom
06/08/2011 … Channel 4 has brought the rights to US sitcom 2 Broke Girls, more than a month before it airs on CBS.
Fri 05 August 2011
Jonnie Marbles sentence cut
05/08/2011 … Occasional comic Jonnie Marbles has had his jail term for throwing a foam pie at Rupert Murdoch reduced from six weeks to four.