Mon 16 November 2009
Why won't publshers take comedy seriously?
David Viner on the lack of heavyweight comedy books
16/11/2009 … This Christmas, as usual, the book shops will be full of books on and by comedians.
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16/11/2009 … MICHAEL McINTYRE has won the Comedy Award at the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, to be screened on Five at 3.
Russell Howard: Dingledodies
16/11/2009 … There’s a segment in Dingledodies where Russell Howard mocks the misery-mongers who, taking their pessimistic cues from the Mail or Express, are forever complaining…
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16/11/2009 … PETER KAY has won the Royal Television Society North West award for best comedy for his Britain's Got The Pop Factor.
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone: The Life and Work of Eric Morecambe
16/11/2009 … This is, by my reckoning, the sixth book Gary Morecambe has written about his father, and the cupboard is looking pretty bare by now.
Australia's Rove quits chat show
16/11/2009 … Australian talk show king Rove McManus has stunned viewers by unexpectedly quitting his show after ten years.