Comic Strip founder gets order of the Bath
Peter Richardson honoured by city's comedy festival
09/03/2016 … Comic Strip founder Peter Richardson is to be honoured with the a comedy achievement award by the Bath Comedy Festival.
2016 Archives
Wed 09 March 2016
Apocalypse No
Doomsday for Sky's end-of-world comedy
09/03/2016 … Sky's star-studded comedy-drama You, Me And The Apocalypse – which dealt with the countdown to a meteor strike on Earth – has not been renewed…
Jo's Brand new show
Going Forward with a follow-up to Getting On
09/03/2016 … BBC Four has commissioned Jo Brand to make a follow-up to her hospital sitcom Getting On.
Now David Brent releases a songbook
09/03/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to publish a David Brent Songbook to coincide with the summer release of his film Life On The Road.
Missing Hancocks may not be axed
As episodes reshot for TV, with Steptoe and TiIl Death...
09/03/2016 … The Missing Hancocks could be set to return to Radio 4, after appearing to be axed.
© From The Last Impresario Python and Comic Strip producer dies
'One of a kind' Michael White was 80
09/03/2016 … Michael White, who produced The Rocky Horror Picture Show film and Monty Python and the Holy Grail has died at the age of 80.
© David Train / Creative Commons George Martin's comedy roots
From the Goons to Beyond The Fringe...
09/03/2016 … Beatles producer George Martin, who has died at the age of 90, started his career producing records with comedians.