Australia's Rove quits chat show
16/11/2009 … Australian talk show king Rove McManus has stunned viewers by unexpectedly quitting his show after ten years.
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Mon 16 November 2009
Sun 15 November 2009
Grace Brothers reopens
In honour of star Wendy Richard
15/11/2009 … Are You Being Served? store Grace Brothers is to be recreated in tribute to the sitcom’s star Wendy Richard.
Peter Kay: I'm coming back to stand-up
15/11/2009 … Peter Kay is to return to stand-up after more than five years away.
Sat 14 November 2009
Brand: I will not lose my edge
14/11/2009 … Russell Brand has stood up for comedians’ right to make offensive jokes – and says the ‘Sachsgate’ furore won’t make him tone down his behaviour.
Fri 13 November 2009
E4 orders Phoneshop series
Sitcom script edited by Ricky Gervais
13/11/2009 … E4 has ordered a full series of PhoneShop, on the strength of a pilot that airs tonight.
© C4 'I'm scared I'll lie in dog poop.'
13/11/2009 … Jerry Seinfeld thinks stand-up is like being a plumber - 'because you can take time off when you want to'.
Chuckles writer bites the dust...
Sitcom writer Lloyd dies at 75
13/11/2009 … Sitcom writer David Lloyd, whose credits include Taxi, Cheers and Frasier has died of prostate cancer at the age of 75.
Hanks for nothing...
Kelsey Grammer's new sitcom axed
13/11/2009 … Kelsey Grammer’s new sitcom Hank has been cancelled by America’s ABC network after just five episodes.