2014 Archives

Tue 18 November 2014

Filth director turns to Laurel & Hardy

18/11/2014 … The director who adapted Irvine Welsh’s gritty novel Filth for the big screen is to make a biopic Laurel and Hardy.

Mon 17 November 2014

Terry Jones makes economics film

...with puppets

17/11/2014 … Monty Python star Terry Jones is to make a documentary film about economics.

2,000 Year Old Man brought back to life

Brooks and Reiner give their blessing to a stage first

17/11/2014 … Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have given permission for their classic 2000 Year Old Man sketches to be performed on stage for the first time.

'It's original and mind-blowing'

Rafe Spall on the Black Mirror Christmas special

17/11/2014 … In this Q&A, Rafe Spall gives some clues as to what to expect about December’s one-off Black Mirror special Charlie Brooker has written for Channel 4.

Dapper Laughs: Now Ofcom gets involved

Watchdog launches an investigation

17/11/2014 … Broadcast watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into Dapper Laughs: On The Pull after 99 viewers complained that the controversially 'laddish' ITV2 show…