Never a Dahl moment
Minchin's Matilda musical for the RSC
30/09/2009 … Tim Minchin is writing a musical version of Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
2009 Archives
Wed 30 September 2009
Why is TV so scared of risk?
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’.
Funny Guy
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 Comedy makes a comeback
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.
Tue 29 September 2009
Radio 4 pilot for Richardson
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.
apollo29
29/09/2009 … FREE TICKETS have been released for the next series of BBC One's flagship stand-up show Live At The Apollo.