BBC ruined the US Thick Of It
27/03/2009 … Armando Iannucci says the BBC wrecked the US version of The Thick Of It by excluding him from the remake.
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Fri 27 March 2009
Ricky sells his pants
27/03/2009 … ‘Actor and comedian Johnny Vegas has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is set to undergo treatment’.
Thu 26 March 2009
© BBC Big plans for CBBC's animated comedy
26/03/2009 … The most ambitious animation project ever seen in Scotland is under way to create a new children’s comedy show.
BBC appoints new radio comedy head
Berthoud is first woman to hold the job
26/03/2009 … The BBC has appointed producer Jane Berthoud as its new head of radio comedy.
C4 unveils Comedy Lab line-up
Shows for Schaal, Whitehall and more
26/03/2009 … Channel 4 has announced the line-ups for its Comedy Lab pilots this summer, including shows from Kristen Schaal and Jack Whitehall.
BBC opens its comedy college again
26/03/2009 … The BBC has announced that it will run its College of Comedy for up-and-coming writers for a second year.
Wed 25 March 2009
Springer Opera irritates again
25/03/2009 … The first amateur production Jerry Springer: The Opera is to be staged next month – to the fury of radical Christian fundamentalists.
© ITV Not so lovely jubbly
David Jason rapped over Pakistani joke
25/03/2009 … Sir David Jason has been criticised after making a joke deemed racist on live radio.