Bernie Clifton goes on The Voice
17/11/2015 … Veteran comedian Bernie Clifton is to take part in The Voice.
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Tue 17 November 2015
Radio 2 pulls comedy in wake of Paris attacks
1909 spy sitcom 'not appropriate' to air
17/11/2015 … Radio 2 has pulled a new comedy about pre-First-World-War spies in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, Chortle can reveal.
Three cheers for John Finnemore
Triple nomination in BBC radio awards
17/11/2015 … Comedy writer John Finnemore has notched up three nominations for prestigious BBC radio awards.
Pajama Men launch sitcom bid
With Andrew Maxwell, Glenn Wool and more
17/11/2015 … Inventive sketch duo The Pajama Men are to make their own sitcom – after their scripts were rejected by major broadcasters.
Mon 16 November 2015
It's not just Porridge...
Remakes on the cards for The Good Life and others
16/11/2015 … BBC One is planning to revive The Good Life, Are You Being Served?, Up Pompeii! and Keeping Up Appearances for its sitcom celebrations next year.
Comic picked to represent Britain
16/11/2015 … STAND-UP Ola has won the British section of the international Joke Nation competition, landing him a slot at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland next month.
© BBC I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again... again
Classic radio comedy revived for the stage
16/11/2015 … Classic radio comedy I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again is being revived for a new stage production, more than 50 years after it first aired.
Katy Brand is such a witch...
Comic to star as the animated Winnie the Witch
16/11/2015 … Katy Brand is set to star in a new animation show for pre-school children.