BBC: We need to invest in comedy
22/09/2009 … The BBC needs to make more comedy because hard-up commercial broadcasters can’t afford the risk, one of the corporation’s most senior executives has said.
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Tue 22 September 2009
Mon 21 September 2009
Storm over Tiernan's Jewish jokes
Holocaust comments 'unacceptable'
21/09/2009 … Tommy Tiernan has sparked another controversy after ranting against Jews, and claiming he would have killed twice as many in the Holocaust.
© Hat Trick Have we got news for them?
21/09/2009 … An American version of Have I Got News For You is in the pipeline, one of its creators has revealed.
© NBC 30 Rock cleans up at the Emmys
21/09/2009 … 30 Rock has again dominated the comedy categories at the Emmy awards.
Sat 19 September 2009
Sacha does the Simpsons
19/09/2009 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to appear in an episode of The Simpsons.
Fri 18 September 2009
© BBC New sitcoms for Radio 4
18/09/2009 … Jocelyn Jee Esien and Sanjeev Bhaskar are to star in two new Radio 4 sitcoms.
Car crashes and pubic shavings...
18/09/2009 … ‘The UK has always been a place that spins me immediately into violent depression.
Bill's orchestral manoeuvres
18/09/2009 … Bill Bailey has announced a series of gigs supported by a full orchestra.