Golden Girls' Blanche dies
04/06/2010 … Rue McClanahan, who played Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls has died at the age of 76.
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Fri 04 June 2010
Thu 03 June 2010
Pete and Dud: Back from the dead
Comics to resurrect their lost sketches
03/06/2010 … Some of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s lost material is to be recreated for a new TV show.
The first Noel
Fielding's new solo shows... but they're in Canada
03/06/2010 … Noel Fielding is to perform his first solo shows since hitting the big time – but fans will have to travel to Canada to see them.
Wed 02 June 2010
The last of the Last of the Summer Wine
02/06/2010 … The BBC has axed Last of the Summer Wine after 37 years.
'Lost' comedy archives unearthed
Footage of John Cleese, Frankie Howerd
02/06/2010 … Comedy sketches featuring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Frankie Howerd have been unearthed after being missing for over 40 years.
Matt Lucas to star in Les Mis
02/06/2010 … Matt Lucas is to star in a huge, one-off production of Les Miserables at London’s O2 Arena.
Jongleurs grows again
Club chain unveils £2m expansion
02/06/2010 … Comedy giant Jongleurs has revealed its next expansion: with five new clubs set to open in Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Newcastle.
Billy earns his Freedom
02/06/2010 … Billy Connolly is set to receive the Freedom of the City in his home town of Glasgow.