2013 Archives
Tue 09 July 2013
Cissie and Ada: An Hysterical Rectomy
09/07/2013 … They are comedy’s equivalent of the jukebox musicals: plays about dead comics that can draw both on nostalgia and an established back-catalogue of writing.
© BBC Dog comedy from Getting On stars
09/07/2013 … Getting On creators Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine are to pen a new sitcom for the BBC, set at a dog training class.
© BBC Comedy clearout
Axed: Wright Way, Getting On and Heading Out... plus questions over Miranda
09/07/2013 … The BBC has axed Ben Elton’s much-derided sitcom The Wright Way – while there is a question mark over the future of Miranda.
Putting the Cats among the Countdowners
09/07/2013 … The 8 Out of 10 Cats teams are to take over Countdown for six more episodes.
Book deal for Bridget Christie
09/07/2013 … Bridget Christie has signed a publishing deal to write ‘a funny book about feminism’.
Did Brass Eye go after the wrong targets?
Alan Varley re-views the paedophile special
09/07/2013 … This month marks the anniversary of what may be one of the most significant events in the history of British comedy – although the number of years that has passed…
BBC buys more Parks & Rec
09/07/2013 … BBC Four has signed a deal to run the third series of Parks And Recreation in Britain.