Nelson David on the 'unimaginative, derivative, culturally barren mulch' that gets commissioned
30/09/2009 … As I read Chortle’s edited highlights from the Broadcast TV Comedy Forum last week, it became very clear that the TV times they are a changin’.
30/09/2009 … Radio 4’s often heavyweight Afternoon Play is being given over to sketch group the Penny Dreadfuls for a spoof history of Guy Fawkes.
© ABC 30/09/2009 … Comedy has made a comeback on American TV, with eight half-hour sitcoms in the top 20 shows last week, the first of the new autumn season.
Panel show about comic's 'strong ideas'
29/09/2009 … Jon Richardson is being lined up to host a new panel show for Radio 4.
29/09/2009 … FREE TICKETS have been released for the next series of BBC One's flagship stand-up show Live At The Apollo.
29/09/2009 … DAWN FRENCH' autobiographical Dear Fatty has been voted the best audiobook of the year in a contest run by the Audiobook Publishing Association.
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