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2013 Archives
Tue 17 December 2013
![Calvary trailer | With Dylan Moran, Chris O'Dowd Calvary trailer | With Dylan Moran, Chris O'Dowd](/images/layout/chortle-placeholder.jpg)
![The Butcher | With Steve Spiers. Written by David Earl & Joe Wilkinson The Butcher | With Steve Spiers. Written by David Earl & Joe Wilkinson](/images/layout/chortle-placeholder.jpg)
![The Boy With Tape On His Face: Cornucopia | Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Palace Theatre, London The Boy With Tape On His Face: Cornucopia | Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Palace Theatre, London](/images/photos/small/boy_with_tape_on_his_face.jpg)
The Boy With Tape On His Face: Cornucopia
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Palace Theatre, London
17/12/2013 … Possibly the first silent compere, The Boy With Tape On His Face let his eclectic acts do the talking at this festive West End spectacular which, in the true spirit…
![8 Out Of 10 Cats get another nine lives | ...well, episodes. Plus more Countdown specials 8 Out Of 10 Cats get another nine lives | ...well, episodes. Plus more Countdown specials](/images/photos/small/cats_do_countdown.jpg)
8 Out Of 10 Cats get another nine lives
...well, episodes. Plus more Countdown specials
17/12/2013 … Channel 4 has commissioned another series of 8 Out Of 10 Cats, plus new episodes of their Countdown specials.
![You can't say 'Scouser'... it's racist | What sitcom writer claims he was told You can't say 'Scouser'... it's racist | What sitcom writer claims he was told](/images/photos/small/birds_of_a_feather_itv.jpg)
You can't say 'Scouser'... it's racist
What sitcom writer claims he was told
17/12/2013 … ITV banned jokes about Scousers and drunken Australians from the revival of Birds Of A Feather, the sitcom’s writer has claimed.
![Ticket fees under fire again | Agencies add £9.50 to £25 Jimmy Carr seats Ticket fees under fire again | Agencies add £9.50 to £25 Jimmy Carr seats](/images/photos/small/jc_jimmy_carr_13.jpg)
Ticket fees under fire again
Agencies add £9.50 to £25 Jimmy Carr seats
17/12/2013 … Crippling booking fees are back under the spotlight after investigators found ticket agencies ramping up the price of a Jimmy Carr gig by almost 40 per cent.
Mon 16 December 2013
![Film review: Anchorman 2 | Has Ron Burgundy still got it? Film review: Anchorman 2 | Has Ron Burgundy still got it?](/images/photos/small/acnhorman2_cast.jpg)
Film review: Anchorman 2
Has Ron Burgundy still got it?
16/12/2013 … This just in: San Diego’s favourite newsman, Ron Burgundy, is back.
![New sitcom for Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney | Catastophe heads a raft of C4 pilots New sitcom for Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney | Catastophe heads a raft of C4 pilots](/images/photos/small/sh_sharon_horgan.jpg)
New sitcom for Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney
Catastophe heads a raft of C4 pilots
16/12/2013 … Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are to star in a new relationship sitcom – one of a raft of comedy pilots being made for Channel 4.