2013 Archives
Thu 06 June 2013
Russell Brand's US talk show axed
Now he's working on a scripted comedy
06/06/2013 … Russell Brand’s American TV talk show is to be axed.
Gervais: I'd host the Oscars
06/06/2013 … RICKY GERVAIS says he wants to host the next Oscars ceremony, as long as producers don’t stifle him.
From Goal To Gags by Mick Miller
06/06/2013 … We’ve just lost Paul Shane, aka Hi-De-Hi’s Ted Bovis, the scheming stand-up and lynchpin of the holiday camp yellowcoats.
Sitcom role for Les Dawson's daughter
Charlotte in online comedy Staff Room
06/06/2013 … Les Dawson’s daughter Charlotte is to make her own on-screen comedy debut - in an online sitcom.
Satirist Tom Sharpe dies
Porterhouse Blue author was 85
06/06/2013 … Comedy novelist Tom Sharpe, whose satires included Porterhouse Blue, Wilt and Blott on the Landscape, has died aged 85.