Matt Lucas returns to West End stage
22/06/2009 … Matt Lucas is to star in a West End play about the life of controversial playwright Joe Orton.
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Mon 22 June 2009
© C4 Fear of offence is stifling TV comedy
22/06/2009 … David Mitchell say making TV comedy has become much more difficult – as executives live in constant fear of offending anybody.
Sun 21 June 2009
Ade: Young Ones is 'tedious'
21/06/2009 … It might have made him a star, but Adrian Edmondson has blasted The Young Ones as ‘boring’.
Fri 19 June 2009
Psychoville terrifies 1.4million
Decent ratings for BBC Two 'scomedy
19/06/2009 … The first episode of Psychoville pulled in a solid 1.
Bill Bailey joins the Beatles
19/06/2009 … Bill Bailey is to join 4,700 schoolchildren for a Beatles singalong at London’s O2 arena.
Where the Hart is
Filming starts on Miranda's BBC Two sitcom
19/06/2009 … Filming has begun on Miranda Hart’s new BBC Two sitcom, Miranda.
BBC comedy chief quits for Sky
Lumsden jumps ship after 11 years
19/06/2009 … Sky TV’s planned push into comedy has received a major boost after BBC comedy chief Lucy Lumsden jumped ship.
Oh! What a hedgehog
19/06/2009 … Stephen Fry: ‘I have reached the point where I am no longer quite as fucking nice as I used to be.