Brits: We're not as funny as we think...
(But the Germans are even less funny)
08/06/2011 … Britons might pride themselves on their sense of humour… but it is not a view shared by the rest of the world.
2011 Archives
Wed 08 June 2011
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08/06/2011 … MARC WOOTON is to play Bottom in RSC's new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, starting in Stratford on July 29.
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08/06/2011 … THE FIRST two episodes of Chris Lilley's Australian comedy series Angry Boys attracted 597,00 and 462,000 viewers to BBC Three from 10.
Fringe programme: Exclusive first look
08/06/2011 … The Edinburgh Fringe programme officially launches tomorrow… but Chortle can bring you an exclusive peek at the vast majority of the comedy listings now.
© BBC BBC looks North for comedy hits
08/06/2011 … Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow – makers of Ideal, Gavin & Stacey and the Mighty Boosh – have signed a year-long deal to develop comedy scripts…
Graham Linehan blasts Today
08/06/2011 … Comedy writer Graham Linehan has hit out at Radio 4’s Today programme, accusing presenters of contriving artificial rows and reducing debate ‘harmful squabbling’.
BBC 'treated My Family appallingly'
08/06/2011 … Robert Lindsay has blasted BBC bosses for axing My Family, saying they treated the sitcom ‘appallingly’.