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30/09/2011 … Comedy programmes are the most popular for on-demand viewing, Channel 4 figures have revealed.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 30 September 2011
Shere Hite, Ho Chi Min... and Peter Kay made of Marmite
30/09/2011 … ‘I've never been cast as someone who has sex.
Thu 29 September 2011
BBC comedy exec moves on
Two new commissioners announced
29/09/2011 … BBC comedy commissioner Simon Wilson has quit the corporation to join Bwark, the makers of The Inbeweeners.
Sky Arts to air Onion News Network
29/09/2011 … Sky Arts is to air The Onion’s satirical TV show after striking an exclusive deal with an international distributor.
Harry Hill to quit TV Burp?
What are the chances of that happening?
29/09/2011 … Harry Hill could be ready to quit TV Burp after nine years, it has been reported.
Wed 28 September 2011
White truck dude
America set to remake White Van Man
28/09/2011 … BBC Three sitcom White Van Man is set to be remade for an American network.
Tue 27 September 2011
Now that's monkey business...
Venue dumps comedy club – then asks rivals to take over
27/09/2011 … A comedy promoter is furious after being pub bosses turfed him out of his home of almost six years – then immediately approached rival bookers to take over the…
Sitcom master David Croft dies
Writer of Dad's Army and Allo Allo
27/09/2011 … David Croft, co-creator of a string of classic sitcoms including Dad’s Army and 'Allo 'Allo and has died at the age of 89.