Channel 4 comedy chief to quit
Phil Clarke and his No 2 Nerys Evans stand down
10/02/2017 … Channel 4’s head of comedy Phil Clarke is to step down to set up a production company with Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
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© BBC/Matt Stronge 'Too posh for my liking'
10/02/2017 … • Russell Brand has left the agent whom he credited with creating turning his life around.
Thu 09 February 2017
© C4 Channel 4 gets Damned again
Jo Brand social work sitcom to return
09/02/2017 … Jo Brand’s social work sitcom Damned is returning to Channel 4.
Jack Whitehall becomes an action hero
09/02/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to become an action hero in a new Sky 1 comedy, Bounty Hunters.
Sky orders a second Delicious course
09/02/2017 … Sky 1 has ordered a second series of Dawn French’s love-triangle drama Delicious.
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Young Frankenstein's West End run confirmed
As Bafta awards Mel Brooks a fellowship
09/02/2017 … The musical version of Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein is to open in the West End on September 28, it has been announced.
Joking helps...
Top comics stage UK-wide benefits to aid refugees
09/02/2017 … Top comedians including Sarah Millican, Jason Manford, Joe Lycett and Ed Byrne are to take part in a nationwide series of benefit gigs to aid refugees.