BBC orders Lapland Christmas comedy
10/10/2011 … The Royle Family’s Sue Johnston is to head the ensemble cast for a ‘big, heartwarming’ BBC One Christmas comedy.
2011 Archives
Mon 10 October 2011
Kevin Bishop to play vigilante cop
New movie starts filming today
10/10/2011 … Kevin Bishop has today started filming a new British comedy film set agains the recent London riots.
Still controversial after all these years...
10/10/2011 … Some members of Monty Python are said to be annoyed about the forthcoming BBC comedy-drama about the Life of Brian row.
Altitude Comedy Festival 2012
Launch video with Andrew Maxwell
10/10/2011 … Altitude festival launch video.
Sun 09 October 2011
Lee Evans tops bestseller list
Knocking Peter Kay down to No 4
09/10/2011 … Lee Evans has knocked Peter Kay off the top of the hardback bestseller chart, after selling an impressive 16,000 copies in its first week of release.
© HBO Priest objects to George Carlin tribute
'Vulgar comic's a bad role model'
09/10/2011 … Plans to name a New York Street after George Carlin have hit problems – after a local priest complained the comedian was too ‘vulgar’ to be honoured.