
Puppet comedy for BBC Three
23/07/2009 … BBC Three has commissioned an adult puppet comedy described as 'Avenue Q meets Family Guy'.
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23/07/2009 … BBC Three has commissioned an adult puppet comedy described as 'Avenue Q meets Family Guy'.
They're sexy, but they're complicated
23/07/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a comedy drama about a pair of ‘bright, sexy’ police detectives and their complex personal lives.
Python star cancels Montreal gig
23/07/2009 … John Cleese has been admitted to hospital suffering from an inflammation of the prostate gland.
22/07/2009 … Movie comedian Jonah Hill has given up hopes of a career in stand-up – because he was terrible at it.
Steve Coogan to star as Blackbeard
22/07/2009 … Steve Coogan is set to star as pirate Blackbeard in a new family comedy – after Robin Williams dropped out of the role.
Rumours of big-money deal to jump ship
22/07/2009 … Could Harry Hill’s contract with ITV be up for grabs, by any chance?Today’s Sun newspaper reports that he is ‘set to quit’ the channel after Sky offered…
Sunderland comic Bobby Knoxall dies
21/07/2009 … Sunderland comedy hero Bobby Knoxall has died at the age of 75.
21/07/2009 … It might have been more than a decade since his top-rated sitcom ended, but Jerry Seinfeld was the highest earning comedian last year.
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