BBC pilots spoof cops show
14/05/2012 … BBC Scotland is to launch a a semi-improvised, spoof cop show starring Jack Docherty in his first major TV comedy in more than a decade.
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Mon 14 May 2012
Fry & Laurie, together again
Duo are 'cooking up a project'
14/05/2012 … Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are to reunite for a secret new project.
Frank talks even more
Skinner extends Absolute contract – and hours
14/05/2012 … Frank Skinner has renewed his Absolute Radio contract for another year – with the station giving him an extra hour a week.
Jon Richardson: Am I OCD?
14/05/2012 … Jon Richardson is to make a Channel 4 programme about his obsessive-compulsive personality.
This rail service is a joke...
Comedy announcements to amuse commuters
14/05/2012 … Commuters between London and Birmingham will hear a series of comedy announcements from their train drivers this month – thanks to Tony Robinson.
Fri 11 May 2012
Sick plagiarism?
11/05/2012 … ‘Did the gig at the winter gardens Margate… What the hell has happened to that town?It’s full of scary white people.
Izzard's marathon tribute to Mandela
11/05/2012 … Eddie Izzard is to run 27 marathons in 27 consecutive days, as a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Rock off...
NBC to cancel 30 Rock after one more series
11/05/2012 … 30 Rock is to be axed after one more – shortened – series.