What's offensive? Cheap gags
Stand-ups discuss comic boundaries
09/02/2010 … The most offensive thing a comedian can do is go for the cheap laugh, a panel of stand-ups concluded today.
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Tue 09 February 2010
More Stew for BBC Two
Lee's Comedy Vehicle recommissioned
09/02/2010 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
M*A*S*H gets smashed
Biggest TV audience record broken
09/02/2010 … M*A*S*H has lost its crown of being America's most-watched show ever after 27 years.
BBC wants more Geniuses
Second series for Gorman's show
09/02/2010 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Dave Gorman’s show Genuis.
Mon 08 February 2010
Simon Nye plans Radio 2 sitcom
Pilot from Men Behaving Badly writer
08/02/2010 … Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye is working on a new sitcom for Radio 2.
Partridge decision 'expected soon'
08/02/2010 … Steve Coogan expects a decision this month on whether Alan Partridge will be making it to the movie screens.
Another gong for Ricky Gervais
Peter Ustinov award for comedy
08/02/2010 … Ricky Gervais is to receive yet another accolade for his mantelpiece: the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award.
Fri 05 February 2010
Persuasionists audience halves
05/02/2010 … The audience for ad agency sitcom The Persuasionists has plummeted by almost half after the BBC shunted it to a graveyard slot.