Solon snapped up
05/04/2006 … Perrier winner Laura Solon has signed a deal with the BBC to develop new TV and radio programmes.
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Wed 05 April 2006
A joke subject?
Now you can get a BA in comedy
05/04/2006 … A British university is to offer the world’s first full-time degree in comedy.
Coming and going
Cook & Moore play to close early
05/04/2006 … The West End play about the collapse of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s comedy partnership is to close early.
Mon 03 April 2006
Wing fails to fly
Disappointing ratings for C4 comedy
03/04/2006 … The return of Green Wing has proved a ratings disappointment for Channel 4, with the first episode attracting just 1.
Comedy www.annabes
03/04/2006 … An internet site seeking undiscovered comedy talent has gone live this weekend.
It's 'crip radio'
Comic fronts BBC disability podcast
03/04/2006 … Disabled comic Liz Carr and actor Mat Fraser have launched a BBC podcast promising to tackle disability in a politically incorrect way.
Sun 02 April 2006
Simpsons movie out 2007
US audiences see teaser trailer
02/04/2006 … Trailers teasing the long-awaited Simpsons movie are being shown in US cinemas.
Call of the wild
Bailey to front C4 wildlife show
02/04/2006 … Bill Bailey is to host a major new wildlife series for Channel 4.