On Course for a Mrs Brown follow-up
Brendan O'Carroll pilots new TV show
22/01/2015 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll is working on a new show for the BBC.
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Thu 22 January 2015
Pauline Yates, aka Mrs Reggie Perrin, dies at 85
Also starred in Keep It In The Family
22/01/2015 … Pauline Yates, who played the long-suffering Elizabeth Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, has died at the age of 85.
Wed 21 January 2015
Cast announced for Sky's Apocalypse Slough
Rob Lowe leads ensemble of top names
21/01/2015 … Rob Lowe is to head the star-studded cast of Sky 1’s comedy-drama Apocalypse Slough, it was announced today.
It's not the Melbourne Comedy Festival you know...
21/01/2015 … This year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival will comprise three gigs in a community centre.
BBC drops The Walshes
Writer Linehan blames 'zero publicity'
21/01/2015 … BBC Two have axed their comedy series The Walshes – prompting accusations they did not do enough to back the show.
Tue 20 January 2015
Rich Fulcher goes into porn
For a new Channel 4 comedy pilot
20/01/2015 … Channel 4 are piloting a sitcom set in a porn shop, starring Rich Fulcher.
Daniel Kitson's Tree is growing...
20/01/2015 … DANIEL KITSON's play Tree has extended its run at London's Old Vic for a week.
BBC Three 'is not for sale'
20/01/2015 … The BBC has spurned an audacious bid from comedy producers Avalon and Hat Trick to buy BBC Three.