Ben Elton doesn't dig mines
Now comic fights AGAINST the industry
04/03/2011 … During his ‘little bit of politics’ rants of the Eighties, Ben Elton would passionately rail against the widespread pit closures instigated by Margaret Thatcher’s…
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Fri 04 March 2011
Thu 03 March 2011
© BBC QI leaves BBC One
Relegated back to its former home
03/03/2011 … QI is being dropped from BBC One and returning to BBC Two.
Radio 4's bad spell
Wrong episode of wizard sitcom aired by mistake
03/03/2011 … Radio 4 last night broadcast the wrong episode of sitcom Modrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard.
Jo takes the plunge with Dave
03/03/2011 … Jo Brand is to make a four-part series about… water.
Wed 02 March 2011
Stephen Merchant to launch stand-up tour
02/03/2011 … Stephen Merchant has announced his first ever stand-up tour.
'A playground for the unwell'
BBC to chart history of Late 'N' Live
02/03/2011 … Edinburgh Fringe institution Late ‘n’ Live is to be the subject of a BBC documentary, featuring a host of top comedians.
We're relegating cruel jokes
James Corden promises to play nicely
02/03/2011 … Panellists on Sky sports quiz A League Of Their Own have been banned from making cruel jokes.
Tue 01 March 2011
Punter slashes comic's face open
01/03/2011 … A comedian’s face was slashed open after an audience member hit him with a beer bottle after his set in a New York club.