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BBC Radio searches for next TV hits
27/03/2008 … The BBC is to launch a series of Radio 4 comedy shows with an eye to developing them for TV.
Thu 27 March 2008
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27/03/2008 … ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG and Ben Miller have set up their own production company, Toff Media, in a joint venture with major comedy producers Hat Trick.
© BBC Two more series for My Family
27/03/2008 … The BBC has ordered two more series of My Family, enough to keep it running well into 2009.
Across the great divide
Stand-up and improv need each other, says Benny Harris
27/03/2008 … I’m a British expat who belongs to an improv troupe in Hollywood and performs stand-up in comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area, so I have some opinions about Charlie…
Mike O'Donovan – Original Review
27/03/2008 … Newish act Mike O’Donovan isn’t a musical comic, per se, but he does strum his guitar distractedly as he cracks his jokes – as Demetri Martin might do –…
Wed 26 March 2008
Rowan pockets Fagin role
West End comeback for Atkinson
26/03/2008 … Rowan Atkinson is to return to the West End stage after almost 20 years, to play Fagin in the revival of Oliver! next year.
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26/03/2008 … ROBIN WILLIAMS's wife Marsha has filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage, on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.
Bafta honours writing duo
Special award for Croft & Perry
26/03/2008 … Veteran comedy writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft are to receive a special award from Bafta.