
2013 Archives
Thu 17 January 2013



We have lift-off!
Third series for Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science
17/01/2013 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Helen Keen’s comedy science show It Is Rocket Science!Another four episodes have been ordered, which are set to be…

'The most degenerate show on TV'
Jim Jefferies' US series starts tonight
17/01/2013 … Jim Jefferies gets his American break tonight, when his sitcom Legit makes its debut on the FX network.

Thai comic jailed for insulting monarchy
17/01/2013 … A Thai comedian has been jailed for insulting the monarchy.


Diff'rent Strokes star dies
'A father figure on and off screen'
17/01/2013 … Diff'rent Strokes star Conrad Bain has died at the age of 89.

Karl's mid-life crisis
Pilkington to go it alone for new Sky 1 series
17/01/2013 … Karl Pilkington is to make another comic documentary series for Sky 1 – but this time without Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.