Linehan rewrites The Ladykillers
Stage adaptation of Ealing classic
05/06/2011 … Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has rewritten the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers for the stage.
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Sun 05 June 2011
Ain't Half Hot Mum's Hewlett dies
05/06/2011 … Donald Hewlett, who played the well-heeled Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Reynolds in the Seventies sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died at age of 90.
Sat 04 June 2011
Michael McIntyre in fetish film
...talking about tweedy turn-ons
04/06/2011 … Michael McIntyre has appeared in a fetish TV show, it has been revealed.
BBC cancels Candy Cars
04/06/2011 … The BBC has cancelled the comedy series Candy Cabs, about a group of northern women establishing their own taxi firm.
Fri 03 June 2011
The Office goes to Sweden
03/06/2011 … The Office is to be remade in Sweden, nearly ten years after Ricky Gervais first appeared as hapless boss David Brent.
Omphalophobics Anonymous
03/06/2011 … ‘Russell Howard – I can’t get into him at all.
Rag trade's 'Paddy' dies at 85
03/06/2011 … Miriam Karlin, the actress best known for her role as shop steward Paddy in Sixties sitcom The Rag Trade, has died in London aged 85.
© BBC Sharon Horgan, chat-show host?
03/06/2011 … Pulling creator Sharon Horgan could be set to turn chat-show host.