Book review: Tony Hancock, The Definitve Biography
29/12/2008 … Perfectly fitting the enduring ‘tears of a clown’ archetype, the morbid tragedy of Tony Hancock’s life holds endless fascination for biographers.
Mon 29 December 2008
© BBC More Royles on the way
29/12/2008 … The BBC has reportedly offered Caroline Aherne a deal to write two more Royle Family specials.
Sun 28 December 2008
© HBO Christmas jeer...
Walliams under fire over festive card
28/12/2008 … David Walliams has been pilloried for a private Christmas card he sent, in the ongoing press campaign against comics that newspapers have decided offend public decency.
Phoenix Nights co-star slates Kay
Fitzmaurice fumes over writing credits
28/12/2008 … Phoenix Nights star Neil Fitzmaurice has slated Peter Kay for overlooking his contribution to the show.
Fri 26 December 2008
Send in the clowns
26/12/2008 … BBC One is to launch a star-studded sitcom set in a circus.
Brand gives homeless man £500
26/12/2008 … Russell Brand has given a homeless man £500 so he could spend Christmas with his family.
Wed 24 December 2008
Count Arthur Strong: The Musical?
24/12/2008 … Simply pointing a camera at bewildered theatrical duffer Count Arthur Strong can’t possibly do justice to the man’s gibbering insanity.
battyfuneral24
24/12/2008 … MORE THAN 400 mourners gathered for the funeral of 80-year-old Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty in Last Of The Summer Wine, in Dukinfield, Tameside, on Tuesday.