Not a good advert...
Mad Bad Ad Show bumped from C4 schedule
12/03/2012 … Mark Watson and Micky Flanagan's panel show The Mad Bad Ad Show has been pulled from Channel 4's schedules midway through its run.
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Mon 12 March 2012
We nearly lost our Cool...
Comic Phil in 'nasty' M6 pile-up
12/03/2012 … Comedian Phil Cool has narrowly escaped serious injury after a 'nasty' motorway pile-up after a gig.
Chris Addison to be a porn editor
In Steve Coogan film King Of Soho
12/03/2012 … Chris Addison has landed a major role in the new Steve Coogan film about London porn baron Paul Raymond.
New sitcom for Greg Davies
Playing an overprotective father
12/03/2012 … Greg Davies is to play an overprotective father in a new BBC Three sitcom.
BBC makes The News Quiz USA
12/03/2012 … Radio 4 is making an American version of its topical News Quiz, to be fronted by Lewis Black.
Sun 11 March 2012
Stephen Hawking on The Big Bang Theory
The sitcom... it's not him giving a lecture
11/03/2012 … Stephen Hawking is to appear in US sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
The News Quiz is no sweatshop
Writers defend 'additional material' slot
11/03/2012 … Comedy writers have stepped forward to defend Radio 4’s News Quiz after it was accused of exploitation.
Racism? There's no such thing...
Jackie Mason provokes controversy
11/03/2012 … Jackie Mason has proved he's still capable of controversy after claiming Jewish and black people are no longer the victims of racial discrimination.