Greed and TV are killing comedy
Says top promoter Noel Faulkner
09/09/2011 … One of Britain’s top club promoters has launched a no-holds-barred attack on the greedy agents and generic TV stand-ups he says are killing comedy.
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Fri 09 September 2011
Now it's Friends: The Opera
...but David Schwimmer isn't involved
09/09/2011 … Comedy Central has commissioned an opera based on the long-running sitcom Friends.
Wed 07 September 2011
Jay and Silent Bob to tour UK
New live shows from film cults
07/09/2011 … Film-maker Kevin Smith is coming to the UK for a short live tour of his podcast Jay And Silent Bob Get Old.
BBC picks comics' sitcoms to develop
07/09/2011 … Sitcoms from stand-ups Jason Cook and Pippa Evans are among those to be performed as part of a BBC initiative to develop new ideas for broadcast.
Frank Skinner gets classy
BBC2 comedy on the social order
07/09/2011 … Frank Skinner is to host a one-off comedy show about class for BBC Two.
Rory Bremner joins Strictly Come Dancing
07/09/2011 … Rory Bremner is to be a competitor on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has confirmed.
Tue 06 September 2011
Friday Night Dinner heads to the States
The Office mastermind works on remake
06/09/2011 … Channel 4 comedy hit Friday Night Dinner is set to be remade for American TV – by the same man who successfully adapted The Office.
Rhod GIlbert's dangerous road trip
Braving landslides with Greg Davies
06/09/2011 … Rhod Gilbert has spoken of how he and Greg Davies risk landslides and dangerous drivers as they negotiated some of the world’s most lethal mountain roads.