2017 Archives
Tue 23 May 2017
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton writes a movie
Comedy thriller now in development
23/05/2017 … Paul Merton has revealed that he is writing a comedy-thriller for the big screen.
The one with the really bad idea
Matthew Perry reveals his most hated Friends storyline
23/05/2017 … Matthew Perry has revealed that there was one Friends storyline that he hated so much, that he vetoed it.
Stewart Lee: Why I'm doing my Manchester gig tonight
'I think you have to carry on'
23/05/2017 … Stewart Lee says he’s going ahead with his gig in Greater Manchester tonight because ‘it seems like the right choice’.
A 'get out of jail free' card?
Membership has its benefits...
23/05/2017 … The Writers’ Guild Of Great Britain made the most of the opportunity to try to drum up new memberships at the sitcom discussion it organised in London last…
ITV are 'scared' to air Son Of B'stard
Writers claim broadcaster fears a flop
23/05/2017 … ITV are ‘too scared’ to air the comeback of immoral MP Alan B’Stard, his creators have claimed.
© Em Fitzgerald 'If you don't film a sitcom in front of an audience, it's probably because you don't think it's funny enough'
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran on the state of the art
23/05/2017 … Filming TV comedies without a studio audience is a cop-out that allows writers to get away with less funny scripts.