Sitcom pilot for Jim Jeffries
Paramount Comedy moves into new programming
19/09/2008 … Australian comedian Jim Jeffries is making a sitcom pilot for Paramount Comedy.
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Fri 19 September 2008
Thu 18 September 2008
Bailey quits Buzzcocks
Bill too busy to record series 22
18/09/2008 … Bill Bailey is quitting as a team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
You've got to make more comedy
Producer Plowman's plea to broadcasters
18/09/2008 … Top comedy producer Jon Plowman has urged broadcasters to commission more sitcoms to stop the genre dying out.
For the love of Krod
Lucas lands role in medieval comedy
18/09/2008 … Matt Lucas has landed a role in a new TV comedy set in medieval times.
Cleese back on British TV
18/09/2008 … John Cleese is returning to British TV for the first time in seven years.
Wed 17 September 2008
Jongleurs clubs on the market
Question mark over venues' future
17/09/2008 … Jongleurs venues in Edinburgh and Cardiff have been put on the market – casting doubt over their future as comedy clubs.
Zaching 'em in
17/09/2008 … American comic Zach Galifianakis has landed a leading movie role and a key part in a sitcom pilot.
Arthur Dent hitchhikes again
17/09/2008 … A new instalment in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy is to be published – seven years after the death of creator Douglas…