Matt Lucas makes directorial debut
With a music video for The Proclaimers
01/05/2012 … Matt Lucas has made his debut as a director, thanks to The Proclaimers.
2012 Archives
Tue 01 May 2012
HBO orders more Veeps
Second series for Iannucci satire
01/05/2012 … HBO has ordered a second series of Armando Iannucci's political satire Veep.
Meera Syal’s Asian Comedy Night
01/05/2012 … In one of their sketches, comedy duo Asians Provocateurs struggle to list high-profile Asian women: ‘Baroness Warsi, Meera Syal and, erm, Meera Syal?’ It would…
Mon 30 April 2012
Alan Partridge movie 'due next year'
But the script is still being tinkered with
30/04/2012 … The long-awaited Alan Partridge movie is set to hit cinema screens next year, co-writer Armando Iannucci has revealed.
The golden age of comedy? There was no such thing
30/04/2012 … Has there ever been a golden age of British sitcom? Perhaps it’s time the whole idea was laid to rest.
© BBC BBC America bleeps The Thick Of It
Network says 'fuckity bye' to swearing...
30/04/2012 … It’s a show where much of the comedy comes from elaborately constructed swearing… but The Thick Of It was heavily ‘bleeped’ when it aired in American last…
Tim Fitzhigham vs the 'superheroes'
30/04/2012 … Tim Fitzhigham is to front a ten-part children’s BBC show tracking down real-life ‘superheroes’.