2012 Archives
Mon 12 March 2012
New sitcom for Greg Davies
Playing an overprotective father
12/03/2012 … Greg Davies is to play an overprotective father in a new BBC Three sitcom.
BBC makes The News Quiz USA
12/03/2012 … Radio 4 is making an American version of its topical News Quiz, to be fronted by Lewis Black.
Sun 11 March 2012
Stephen Hawking on The Big Bang Theory
The sitcom... it's not him giving a lecture
11/03/2012 … Stephen Hawking is to appear in US sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
The News Quiz is no sweatshop
Writers defend 'additional material' slot
11/03/2012 … Comedy writers have stepped forward to defend Radio 4’s News Quiz after it was accused of exploitation.
Not exploitation, but genuine experience
Nadia Kamil defends the News Quiz 'trial writers' scheme
11/03/2012 … Chortle this week ran an ‘exposé’ of the News Quiz, with their anonymous source apparently furious that a long-running, well-established and respected radio…
Racism? There's no such thing...
Jackie Mason provokes controversy
11/03/2012 … Jackie Mason has proved he's still capable of controversy after claiming Jewish and black people are no longer the victims of racial discrimination.