2014 Archives
Tue 17 June 2014
Shooting starts on Matt Lucas's Pompidou
First silent comedy series in 20 years
17/06/2014 … Shooting has begun on Pompidou, a new prime-time visual comedy series created by and starring Matt Lucas.
© UKTV Alan Davies talk show 'stole our ideas'
Anger of Green Room creator Paul Provenza
17/06/2014 … The makers of Alan Davies's new talk show have been accused of ripping off an American TV series.
© David Shankbone Tracy Morgan's condition improving
17/06/2014 … TRACY MORGAN’s condition has been upgraded to ‘fair’ after he was severely injured a major road accident.
Mon 16 June 2014
In honour of Rik's Bottom
16/06/2014 … Campaigners want to honour Rik Mayall with a memorial bench on the spot where the opening credits of Bottom were filmed.
Ban this 'gay bestiality propaganda'
Campaign to shut down comedy show
16/06/2014 … Animal rights campaigners are trying to shut down a comedy show titled Sex With Animals claiming it is nothing more than 'gay bestiality propaganda'.
When club owners clash...
Frustrations flare at Chortle conference
16/06/2014 … Tensions flared at the Chortle conference when rival comedy club owners challenged Jongleurs boss Marios Lourides over his business practices.
Comedy Central can't stop swearing...
Another Ofcom rap over Sex And The City
16/06/2014 … Comedy Central has been put on notice by broadcast regulator Ofcom after repeatedly airing the f-word before the 9pm watershed.