Izzard's marathon tribute to Mandela
11/05/2012 … Eddie Izzard is to run 27 marathons in 27 consecutive days, as a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
2012 Archives
Fri 11 May 2012
Rock off...
NBC to cancel 30 Rock after one more series
11/05/2012 … 30 Rock is to be axed after one more – shortened – series.
Film4 pledges £1m for comedy movies
Hopes for another Inbetweeners
11/05/2012 … Film4 has pledged an extra £1million to develop new British comedy films.
© Universal Studios Russell Brand back on MTV
11/05/2012 … Russell Brand risks walking into controversy again, after agreeing to host this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
The Humble Quest For Universal Genius
11/05/2012 … One of the most pertinent questions that could be asked in this comedy quiz show is: Why aren’t there more people here?The Humble Quest For Universal Genius has…
Thu 10 May 2012
C4 Rose to the occasion
Awards for Friday Night Dinner and Black Mirror
10/05/2012 … Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner has been named best sitcom at the Rose d’Or international TV festival, beating Ricky Gervais’s Life’s Too Short.
Repression? That's Sc*tl*nd for you
Liam Mullone wonders whether censoring words for penis is just the tip of the, er, iceberg...
10/05/2012 … My formative years were spent in Edinburgh.