Rag trade's 'Paddy' dies at 85
03/06/2011 … Miriam Karlin, the actress best known for her role as shop steward Paddy in Sixties sitcom The Rag Trade, has died in London aged 85.
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Fri 03 June 2011
© BBC Sharon Horgan, chat-show host?
03/06/2011 … Pulling creator Sharon Horgan could be set to turn chat-show host.
Thu 02 June 2011
Plenty more Bish in the BBC
Second series for John Bishop's Britain
02/06/2011 … BBC One has commissioned a second series of John Bishop’s Britain.
Jerry Seinfeld at the Comedy Store
02/06/2011 … Jerry Seinfeld made a surprise appearance at the London Comedy Store last night.
Write your way to New York
Bafta's boost for new comedy writers
02/06/2011 … Bafta is to fly three unknown comedy writers to the New York Television Festival to showcase their work to leading American TV executives.
Top cast for Sky's Jinsy
Hill, Tate, Saunders and more...
02/06/2011 … Jennifer Saunders, Harry Hill, David Tennant and Catherine Tate are all to make appearances in Sky Atlantic’s first original comedy, This Is Jinsy.
Jo Brand vs Jeremy Clarkson
02/06/2011 … You would probably never expect them to see eye-to-eye; but Jo Brand has revealed she had a celebrity spat with Jeremy Clarkson at a BBC think-tank.
The ticket master
Comic Sanderson Jones to personally sell every seat
02/06/2011 … Comedian Sanderson Jones is trying to fill a 500-seat venue by selling all the tickets personally.