Maxine Peake to play a 1970s stand-up
New film based on the Northern club circuit
07/01/2015 … Maxine Peake and Martin Freeman are set to star in a 'hard-hitting' film about a female comic trying to make it on the 1970s northern club circuit.
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Wed 07 January 2015
Comics in line for radio drama award
07/01/2015 … Marcus Brigstocke,John Finnemore and Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd are in the running for a BBC radio award.
The Interview gets a UK release
07/01/2015 … THE INTERVIEW – the Seth Rogen and James Franco action comedy that triggered the North Korean-backed cyberattack on Sony Pictures – is to be released in UK cinemas…
Tue 06 January 2015
Impractical Jokers switch channels
Gimp Fight make a pilot for Comedy Central
06/01/2015 … Comedy Central is poised to take hidden camera show Impractical Jokers from the BBC – with Late Night Gimp Fight as the stars.
Cosby accusers seek their day in court
06/01/2015 … Two women who accuse Bill Cosby of sex offences in the 1970s have joined a legal action against the star.
Mon 05 January 2015
Sacha Baron Cohen studied by aiii-cademics
Ali G creator 'hard to criticise'
05/01/2015 … Sacha Baron Cohen’s work has become the subject of academic research, which concluded that his characters were ‘difficult to criticse’.
Allo Allo star Roger Kitter dies
05/01/2015 … Tributes have been paid to Roger Kitter, who played Captain Alberto Bertorelli in Allo Allo, who has died at the age of 64.
© BBC Rowan Atkinson joins Horrible Histories
Kids' sketch show makes a comeback
05/01/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is returning to period comedy – by making a guest appearance in Horrible Histories.