Absent Friends
C4 drops sitcom after 15 years
10/02/2010 … Channel 4 is to stop airing Friends after 15 years – leaving a huge hole in E4’s schedule.
Wed 10 February 2010
Mexico pulls South Park episode
Fans claim censorship is at work
10/02/2010 … MTV has pulled an episode of South Park from broadcast in Mexico, which mocked the country’s president.
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Rob Gee: Fruitcake at the 2010 Leicester Comedy Festival
10/02/2010 … There’s a theory that large parts of comedy involve laughing at the mentally ill – everyone from Basil Fawlty to Larry David is only one outburst away from a…
Tue 09 February 2010
What's offensive? Cheap gags
Stand-ups discuss comic boundaries
09/02/2010 … The most offensive thing a comedian can do is go for the cheap laugh, a panel of stand-ups concluded today.
More Stew for BBC Two
Lee's Comedy Vehicle recommissioned
09/02/2010 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
Guess what? Some gay audiences are great...
Paul Sinha rebuts claims it's all about drag queens and glitter
09/02/2010 … Last Friday night, having finished my solo show at the Leicester Comedy Festival, I had a couple of drinks with gay friends before venturing down to The Dover Castle,…