© BBC Him & Her to return
28/10/2010 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of its comedy Him And Her, its most successful sitcom to date.
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Thu 28 October 2010
© BBC Wed 27 October 2010
Comic rapped for 'hate speech'
Hindus complain over radio sketch
27/10/2010 … A radio station has been officially rapped for propagating ‘hate speech’ after a comedian made fun of Hindus – joking that it was not use killing them because…
Inbetweeners sells 1m
27/10/2010 … The Inbetweeners sold 40,000 newly-released DVDs on Monday alone – bringing the total sales for the show above the 1million mark.
Bruno accused of anti-gay assault
27/10/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen is being sued again – this time over allegations his film crew were rough with a news cameraman at a gay rights rally.
A second opinion
Frank Skinner's series recommissioned
27/10/2010 … BBC Two has commissioned another two series of Frank Skinner's Opinionated.
Tue 26 October 2010
© Jim Linwood Venue is really up the creek
Another club closes (temporarily)
26/10/2010 … London’s long-running Up The Creek comedy club has been forced to close because of licensing problems.
Thomas rapped over TV report
26/10/2010 … The BBC has admitted that comic Mark Thomas made inaccurate statements in a controversial report into illegal file-sharing.
Harry Hill's a comic
26/10/2010 … Harry Hill has been turned into a comic-strip character to relaunch The Dandy.