© C4 Bo'Selecta! could return
24/09/2009 … Leigh Francis says he may bring back Bo'Selecta! following the one-off Michael Jackson tribute being broadcast tonight.
2009 Archives
Thu 24 September 2009
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Armstrong & Miller find the web zeitgeist
24/09/2009 … Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller are to front a new comedy series for the BBC's website.
What comedy commissioners want
24/09/2009 … At the Broadcast TV Comedy Forum, commissioners explained what their channels would be looking for in the future – and what would survive in these recessionary…
Noel Fielding to tour
24/09/2009 … Noel Fielding is to embark on a solo stand-up tour next spring.
Wed 23 September 2009
Don't diss the panel shows
23/09/2009 … Jimmy Carr has defended comedy panel shows from media snobs who look down on the genre: saying they are popular, funny and a great way for stand-ups to get their…
© BBC BBC 'bans' gypsy from comedy sketch
Ben Miller reveals racism fears
23/09/2009 … The BBC axed the word ‘gypsies’ from a comedy sketch for fear it may cause offence.
BBC should ignore its psychotic critics
...says Channel 4 comedy chief
23/09/2009 … Channel 4’s comedy chief has urged the BBC to take more risks in comedy, and ignore the ‘psychotic’ anti-corporation bias of newspapers such as the Daily Mail.