Fri 22 August 2008
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TV exec slates 'no-joke' scripts
22/08/2008 … A leading TV executive has accused comedy writers of shunning jokes to make scripts that are fashionable, but not funny.
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22/08/2008 … ITV1 has commissioned a second series of its topical animated comedy series, Headbangers.
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22/08/2008 … RICKY GERVAIS has reportedly bought a one-bedroom apartment in New York's fashionable Upper East Side for £830,000.
BBC Two orders new comedies
22/08/2008 … BBC Two has ordered three new comedies – including a return for Rab C Nesbitt.
Christ in a box!
22/08/2008 … ‘I say “no” a lot – that’s why I don't have my own TV show.
© C4 Peter Kay's new look
22/08/2008 … This is Peter Kay as he appears in his new Channel 4 show – his first new work for four years.
Why bad jokes make us angry
22/08/2008 … Bad jokes are greeted with such hostility because they break social conventions and insult the listener, new research has found.