BBC axes Dirk Gently
...and blames licence fee freeze
29/05/2012 … The BBC has axed Dirk Gently, its star Stephen Mangan has revealed.
2012 Archives
Tue 29 May 2012
Mon 28 May 2012
© C4 Christopher Guest plans new TV series
28/05/2012 … IT Crowd star Chris O’Dowd is set to star in a semi-improvised TV comedy made by Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest.
Facejacker: The movie?
28/05/2012 … Kayvan Novak is set to turn his Channel 4 prank show Facejacker into a movie.
Mrs Brown takes sitcom Bafta
And acting award for Jennifer Saunders
28/05/2012 … Mrs Brown’s Boys has been named best sitcom, beating nominees Rev and Fresh Meat.
Baddiel: I'm not taking drugs on TV
28/05/2012 … David Baddiel has denied he is to take Ecstasy on a live TV show.
Sun 27 May 2012
Win tickets to Wychwood festival
Comedy and music at family-friendly event
27/05/2012 … One lucky Chortle reader can win a pair of tickets for next month's Wychwood Festival – which offers a comedy line-up among its weekend programme of indie, folk…
Whatever happened to the sitcom?
Sean Mason on adapting the Likely Lads for the stage
27/05/2012 … It’s a challenge going back to something so treasured and finding something new in it.
Sat 26 May 2012
What a Buzz!
Frank Skinner becomes a dad for the first time
26/05/2012 … Frank Skinner has become a father for the first time at the age of 55.