2015 Archives
Tue 22 December 2015
© BBC/Endemol Shine UK We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
22/12/2015 … This is W1A, 1967-style… in which a fearful BBC, riven by internal divisions, doesn't quite put its faith in the talent – and only narrowly avoided killing…
Trevor Noah: Lost In Translation
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Apollo
22/12/2015 … Trevor Noah is the guy who has made The Daily Show– like The Simpsons and Viz – officially ‘not as good as it used to be’.
© Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Presidents In Cars Getting Coffee
Obama to appear in Seinfeld's web series
22/12/2015 … Barack Obama is to appear on Jerry Seinfeld's web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
Sarah Palin parodies Tina Fey
Politician releases 30 Rock spoof
22/12/2015 … Tina Fey famously skewered Sarah Palin with her impersonations on Saturday Night Live.
Mon 21 December 2015
BBC orders Dane Baptiste sitcom
Exclusive: Sunny D pilot picked up for a series
21/12/2015 … Dane Baptiste has landed his own BBC Three sitcom, after the success of a pilot earlier this year.