John Cleese is offered a BBC sitcom
Comedy legend 'in talks' over new role
27/08/2016 … John Cleese has been offered the starring role in a new BBC sitcom.
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Sat 27 August 2016
Fri 26 August 2016
'Reality TV is a Geordie f***ing an octopus'
Frankie Boyle at the Edinburgh TV Festival
26/08/2016 … TV comedy is too bland – and needs quotas to ensure more diversity, Frankie Boyle has said.
Will Franken loses it with a heckler
26/08/2016 … • Comedian Will Mars wasn’t happy with his two-star Chortle review this Fringe, he decided he’d just award himself five stars, attribute them to made-up website…
Inbetweeners team reunite
For BBC comedy about 1980s double-glazing salesmen
26/08/2016 … Inbetweeners stars Joe Thomas and James Buckley are to reunite with the co-creator of the youth TV hit for a new BBC Two comedy.
V&A acquires Tommy Cooper archive
26/08/2016 … The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired a vast archive of Tommy Cooper memorabilia – but not a single fez.
Bill Bailey pens bird book
26/08/2016 … Bill Bailey has written a 'humorous and personal' guide to British birds.
Radio 4 unveils raft of new comedies
With Herring, Pascoe, Berry & more...
26/08/2016 … Radio 4 has announces a raft of new comedy shows featuring names such as Matt Berry, Meera Syal, Richard Herring, Sara Pascoe and Rhys James.
Thu 25 August 2016
ITV orders Harry Hill panel show
Alien Fun Capsule to air next year
25/08/2016 … ITV has commissioned a new panel show from Harry Hill, to air in 2017.