Channel 4 axes radio plans
10/10/2008 … Channel 4 has abandoned its plans to launch a speech radio service, for which it had already commissioned a raft of comedy shows.
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10/10/2008 … Channel 4 has abandoned its plans to launch a speech radio service, for which it had already commissioned a raft of comedy shows.
09/10/2008 … Canadian comedian Russell Peters says he sold 11,000 tickets in one day for a gig at London’s O2 Arena, despite little obvious profile in the UK.
09/10/2008 … Work has started on the League Of Gentlemen follow-up project Psychoville.
09/10/2008 … Simon Pegg has signed a seven-figure publishing deal to write three books.
09/10/2008 … An advert for a comedian’s ringtone has been forced off South African TV because it offends Muslims.
08/10/2008 … Catherine Tate’s sketch show could be remade for American audiences.
08/10/2008 … The American remake of hit Australian sitcom Kath and Kim has been savaged by critics as ‘jaw-droppingly awful’.
08/10/2008 … Eddie Izzard’s American TV series, The Riches, has been axed.
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