© BBC/Baby Cow Could Alan Partridge's Geordie pal Michael be making a comeback?
14/02/2019 … Alan Partridge’s erstwhile Geordie friend Michael could be making a comeback, Steve Coogan has hinted.
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Thu 14 February 2019
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© BBC WorldWide/Andy Seymour BBC reveals when Alan Partridge is back
Launch date set for This Time...
14/02/2019 … Alan Partridge is to make his BBC comeback at 9.
Wed 13 February 2019
Comic turns the tables on a con artist
...who tried to sell him tickets to his OWN show
13/02/2019 … Comic Yianni Agisilaou has turned the tables on a scam artist who tried to sell him non-existent tickets to his own show.
Sky picks up Comedians Watching Football...series
Eight episodes following successful pilot
13/02/2019 … Sky One has picked up Comedians Watching Football With Friends for a full series.
Fury as Chinese family sitcom is written by a mainly white team
CBBC show accused of using 'regressive' racial stereotypes
13/02/2019 … A planned new BBC children’s sitcom about a Chinese family has been accused of peddling ‘regressive, racialised’ stereotypes even before it has…
Spike Milligan's agent Norma Farnes dies at 82
13/02/2019 … Legendary comedy agent Norma Farnes has died at the age of 82.
© Karla Gowlett Katy Brand writes a book about Dirty Dancing
13/02/2019 … Katy Brand is writing a book about her lifelong obsession with Dirty Dancing.
Judges announced for female writing award
Prizes to recognise published and non-published authors
13/02/2019 … The judges have been announced for the new Comedy Women in Print Prizes.