© BBC Off The Hook is off the radar
11/09/2009 … BBC Three’s latest youth comedy has got off to a poor start in the ratings.
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Fri 11 September 2009
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© BBC Walliams shows us Dick
David fronts Emery documentary
11/09/2009 … David Walliams is to present an hour-long Radio 2 tribute to cross-dressing comic Dick Emery.
'Pressed against a big dildo...'
11/09/2009 … Victoria Wood says: ‘Sugar was my drug of choice.
Watson defends Magners ads
'It's bought me artistic freedom'
11/09/2009 … Mark Watson has defended his decision to advertise Magners cider, saying the money will buy him more artistic freedom than he would otherwise have had.
Writer Rowley dies
Credits include Two Ronnies, Not The Nine O'Clock News
11/09/2009 … Laurie Rowley, one of the most prolific writers of TV comedy, has died at the age of 68.
Thu 10 September 2009
Merton does Europe
10/09/2009 … Paul Merton has filmed another travel series for broadcaster Five – but this time a lot closer to home.
© BBC Reeves and Mortimer take pay cut
10/09/2009 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer say they have taken an 80 per cent pay cut worth to help the BBC slash costs.
Wed 09 September 2009
© BBC Arthur Smith copies The Beatles
09/09/2009 … Arthur Smith is to evoke memories of The Beatles famous rooftop gig – or perhaps Brian May on Buckingham Palace – with a comedy performance from the top of Greenwich’s…