BBC Two signs up Watson & Oliver
Six-part sketch series ordered
23/06/2010 … Double act Watson & Oliver have landed their own six-part sketch series on BBC Two.
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Wed 23 June 2010
Finding the funny...
23/06/2010 … Radio 4 has announced a news series of comedy pilots featuring David Mitchell, Angelos Epithemious, Justin Moorhouse, Will Smith and others.
Frank saved from a pauper's funeral
Fans raise £6,000 in two hours
23/06/2010 … Comedy fans have raised more than £6,000 in just two hours to give Frank Sidebottom’s creator a proper send-off.
Fry and Laurie, together again
23/06/2010 … Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are to be reunited for a TV documentary to mark their comic partnership.
Tue 22 June 2010
Stars pay tribute to Frank Sidebottom
'A whirlwind of creative ideas'
22/06/2010 … Stars have lined up to pay their tributes to Frank Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey, who died yesterday at the age of 54.
Mon 21 June 2010
Frank Sidebottom dies
21/06/2010 … Frank Sidebottom has died at the age of 54 after collapsing at his home near Manchester.
Cancer claims Canada's Irwin Barker
21/06/2010 … Comedians have been paying tribute to Canadian stand-up Irwin Barker, who has lost his three-year fight against terminal cancer.
One4Review's Sheila dies
Character of the comedy scene was 52
21/06/2010 … Edinburgh comedy reviewer Sheila Kay Jack, of the website One4Review, has died at the age of 52.