'Editing ruined BBC's new comedy'
15/01/2010 … The BBC’s new sitcom The Persuasionists has been ruined with heavy-handed editing and the sloppy use of exaggerated laughter – according to the warm-up comedian…
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Fri 15 January 2010
Deacon lands Radio 1 job
15/01/2010 … Former Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Tom Deacon has been signed up to host his own show on Radio 1.
Iain Lee's Twitter abuse
15/01/2010 … ‘I’m actually a true comedian at heart,’ says, erm, Mariah Carey.
Thu 14 January 2010
BBC 'should not make this quiz'
Think-tank targets We Need Answers
14/01/2010 … After hounding Jonathan Ross from his £6million-a-year contract, critics of the way the BBC spends money have a more modest target in their sights – Mark Watson’s…
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BBC defends axing Jam & Jerusalem
14/01/2010 … The BBC has defended its decision to axe Jennifer Saunders’s sitcom Jam & Jerusalem.
BBC orders Poynton's White Man Van comedy
14/01/2010 … BBC Three has ordered a six-part sitcom about a reluctant handyman, written by stand-up Adrian Poynton.
Wed 13 January 2010
Rock on the slopes
Chris to remake French ski comedy
13/01/2010 … Chris Rock is to remake a French comedy about a black family who take to the ski slopes.
Bunch of pedalphiles
Comics set for marathon bike ride
13/01/2010 … David Walliams is to cycle from John O’Groats to Land’s End – with the aid of Jimmy Carr and Miranda Hart.