'It's just a stupid joke'
Joan Rivers resists calls to apologise to kidnap victims
25/04/2014 … Joan Rivers is resisting calls to apologise for a joke she made about women held captive and abused for years in Cleveland.
2014 Archives
Fri 25 April 2014
Thu 24 April 2014
Python gig to air at 450 UK cinemas
24/04/2014 … The Last Night Of The Pythons gig at London’s O2 Arena is to be broadcast to 1,500 cinemas around the world.
Louis CK 'funniest man alive'
24/04/2014 … AMERICAN GQ magazine has named Louis CK the funniest person alive, just ahead of Amy Schumer.
Wed 23 April 2014
TV review: Derek
Julian Hall on the return of Ricky Gervais' docu-sitcom
23/04/2014 … Broad Hill care home is an idyll by comparison to some residences for the elderly, but in the second season of this docu-sitcom Ricky Gervais sharpens the enemy…
© BBC Book deal for David Mitchell
Observer columns and more to be published in November
23/04/2014 … David Mitchell has signed a book deal to release his Observer columns and other, new material in time for Christmas.
Sky renews League Of Their Own until 2017
23/04/2014 … Sky has signed a new deal for 30 new episodes of comedy sports quiz A League Of Their Own – ensuring the show stays on air until 2017.
Tue 22 April 2014
Veep to get a 4th season
22/04/2014 … Armando Iannucci’s American political comedy Veep has been renewed for a fourth series.