Big Top comes down
24/02/2010 … Amanda Holden’s sitcom Big Top has been axed by BBC One, after failing to wow critics or win huge audiences.
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Wed 24 February 2010
Another ITV show for Paddy
With Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican
24/02/2010 … Paddy McGuinness is being lined up for a new ITV1 series – opposite stand-up stars Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican.
A close call
6,000 have their say in Chortle Awards – but there are just 10 votes in it
24/02/2010 … Almost 6,000 people have cast their votes in this year’s Chortle Awards.
An expert in his Field
David Suchet to examine music hall legend Sid
24/02/2010 … BBC Four has commissioned a documentary about music hall comedian Sid Field, a pioneer of sketch and camp comedy.
Filming stops on Two And A Half Men
...as Charlie Sheen enters rehab
24/02/2010 … Production has been halted on Two And A Half Me, America’s most popular sitcom, after star Charlie Sheen went into rehan.
Tue 23 February 2010
More tributes to Jason Wood
23/02/2010 … Tributes continue to flood in to musical comedian Jason Wood, who died in his sleep at the weekend at the age of 38.
© HBO Could Curb come to the UK?
Larry David says 'he'd love to' shoot here
23/02/2010 … The next series of Curb Your Enthusiasm could be shot in the UK.
Mon 22 February 2010
Pryor arrangement
Richard's biopic to shoot this autumn – with Marlon Wayans starring
22/02/2010 … The film of Richard Pryor’s life is to begin shooting this autumn – with Marlon Wayans playing the troubled stand-up.