2012 Archives
Tue 14 February 2012
Theatre bans Frankie Boyle
Comic turned away over Harvey gags
14/02/2012 … A theatre has banned Frankie Boyle over the jokes he made about Katie Price’s disabled son, Harvey.
Mon 13 February 2012
Ellie Taylor joins Snog, Marry, Avoid
Bid to bring comedy to BBC Three show
13/02/2012 … Comedian Ellie Taylor is to be the new presenter of BBC Three reality show Snog, Marry, Avoid.
Hop to it!
Record-breaking bid to recreate Ripping Yarns scene
13/02/2012 … More than 250 people are set to take part in a record-breaking ‘hop’ – to recreate a scene from the Michael Palin and Terry Jones series Ripping Yarns.
Basil Fawlty's dodgy builder dies
13/02/2012 … David Kelly – the Irish actor who played builder O'Reilly Fawlty Towers and one-armed washer-upper Albert Riddle in Robin’s Nest – has died at the age of 82.