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13/03/2008 … STAND-UP Susan Morrison has quit her job as breakfast presenter on Edinburgh's Talk 107 radio station.
2008 Archives
Thu 13 March 2008
A lot on their slate...
13/03/2008 … America’s Comedy Central channel has revealed a huge list of shows in the pipeline – including its first ‘medieval comedy’ and a cartoon about Snoop Dogg.
Wed 12 March 2008
Coogan to tour
12/03/2008 … Steve Coogan is to tour for the first time in a decade.
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12/03/2008 … BRITNEY SPEARS is to guest star in a forthcoming episode of US sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing a doctor's receptionist.
© ITV Why jokes ruin comedy
Charlie Partridge thinks gags are over-rated
12/03/2008 … A familiar bit of advice given to many aspiring open-spot comedians (apart from to gig at every opportunity) is to trim the fat off one’s set – aiming to cut…
Tue 11 March 2008
© BBC BBC comedy chief fuels diversity row
'It's incredibly difficuly for black and Asian writers'
11/03/2008 … BBC comedy executive Lucy Lumsden has admitted it is ‘incredibly difficult’ for women and those from ethnic minorities to break into TV comedy.
Creche and Byrne
11/03/2008 … Stand-up Jason Byrne has filmed a pilot episode of a family entertainment show for Irish broadcaster RTE.
The comedy college is open
11/03/2008 … The BBC will tomorrow officially launch its College Of Comedy, offering a year-long apprenticeship on TV writing.