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Hollander to star in new church sitcom
29/10/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a new sitcom about a frustrated city vicar, starring In The Loop actor Tom Hollander.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 29 October 2009
Wed 28 October 2009
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Catholics' anger sacriligious at Curb
28/10/2009 … Hardline American Catholics are up in arms over an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which Larry David accidentally pees on a portrait of Jesus.
French comic fined for anti-semitism
28/10/2009 … French comedian Dieudonné has been ordered to pay €20, 000 after a court ruled that inviting a Holocaust denier on stage was a ‘public anti-Semitic insult’.
Gatiss goes to the moon
Gents star adapts HG Wells classic
28/10/2009 … The League of Gentlemen’s Mark Gatiss is to star in his own TV adaptation of HG Wells's humourous sci-fi adventure The First Men In The Moon.
Tue 27 October 2009
Cleese turns back time
With new series of Accurist ads
27/10/2009 … John Cleese is to make a new series of adverts for Accurist watches, 30 years after starring in a memorable campaign for the company.
Roy Hudd: How BBC insulted me
Comic told: 'Be more like Jonathan Ross'
27/10/2009 … Roy Hudd has described how he received the ‘worst insult of his life’ when The News Huddlines was axed after 26 years – because Radio 2 wanted edgier comedy…
Boyle's fears for 'dull' TV
Why crackdown is bad for comedy
27/10/2009 … Frankie Boyle says TV will become ‘dull’ as broadcasters get tougher on what comedians can say.
Microsoft bails on sponsored comedy
27/10/2009 … Microsoft has pulled its sponsorship from the comedy special from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane – because they found the material too unpalatable.