US comedy writer Stern dies
09/06/2011 … Leonard Stern, a producer, writer and director who worked on some of the most memorable American comedy series of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 87.
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Thu 09 June 2011
Wed 08 June 2011
Brits: We're not as funny as we think...
(But the Germans are even less funny)
08/06/2011 … Britons might pride themselves on their sense of humour… but it is not a view shared by the rest of the world.
Fringe programme: Exclusive first look
08/06/2011 … The Edinburgh Fringe programme officially launches tomorrow… but Chortle can bring you an exclusive peek at the vast majority of the comedy listings now.
© BBC BBC looks North for comedy hits
08/06/2011 … Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow – makers of Ideal, Gavin & Stacey and the Mighty Boosh – have signed a year-long deal to develop comedy scripts…
Graham Linehan blasts Today
08/06/2011 … Comedy writer Graham Linehan has hit out at Radio 4’s Today programme, accusing presenters of contriving artificial rows and reducing debate ‘harmful squabbling’.
BBC 'treated My Family appallingly'
08/06/2011 … Robert Lindsay has blasted BBC bosses for axing My Family, saying they treated the sitcom ‘appallingly’.
Tue 07 June 2011
Vic and Bob return to sketches
Foster's sponsors new web series
07/06/2011 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are returning to sketch comedy – under the same sponsorship deal that revived Alan Partridge last year.
Mon 06 June 2011
Imran Yusuf lands BBC Three show
06/06/2011 … Imran Yusuf has landed his own BBC Three pilot.