2009 Archives
Mon 21 December 2009
Roy Chubby Brown: Too Fat To Be Gay
21/12/2009 … It’s been several years since I watched a Roy Chubby Brown DVD, and, to admit my own prejudices, I was probably never going to be enamoured by a show with such…
Harry Hill complaints frozen out
Viennetta sketch OK, say watchdogs
21/12/2009 … TV watchdogs ruled that 13 complaints about the episode of Harry Hill's TV Burp that compared Viennetta to German tanks did not breach broadcast rules.
'Nelson Mandela House' to be torn down
Demolition for Only Fools landmark
21/12/2009 … The tower block where Del Boy and Rodney lived in Only Fools and Horses is to be demolished.
BBC radio seeks new comedy writers
...as topical show Newsjack returns
21/12/2009 … BBC radio producers are on the lookout for new comedy writers to contribute to a topical sketch show.
McIntyre is Xmas No 1
...while another Peter Kay cash-in also makes the charts
21/12/2009 … It was more of a one-horse race than the singles chart, but Michael McIntyre has won the Christmas No 1 for stand-up DVDs – after selling more than one million…
Sun 20 December 2009
Actress Brittany Murphy dies at 32
Voice of Luanne in King Of The Hill
20/12/2009 … Actress Brittany Murphy – whose roles included voicing the character of Luanne in the animated comedy King Of The Hill – has died at the age of 32She went into…