Parks and Rec writer found dead
Suspected drug overdose for Harris Wittels
20/02/2015 … A comedian who wrote on Parks and Recreation has been found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 30.
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Fri 20 February 2015
© BBC Radio 1 Dapper Laughs was a victim of 'bullying'
Defiant Daniel O'Reilly hits back
20/02/2015 … Daniel O’Reilly has said he was ‘bullied’ out of performing as Dapper Laughs – and that his freedom of speech was ‘100 per cent’ violated by the media…
© funkypancake.com Nigel Havers joins BBC One's Stop⁄Start
20/02/2015 … Nigel Havers has joined the cast of BBC One sitcom pilot Stop/Start.
© Toby Hancock/Rex Rowan Atkinson to play Maigret
French detective revived for two ITV films
20/02/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is to play French detective Jules Maigret in two two-hour films for ITV.
Rik Mayall's 'last great character'
20/02/2015 … An audio comedy written by Rik Mayall is to be broadcast for the first time on what would have been the comedian's 57th birthday.
Phoenix Nights Live raises £5m
20/02/2015 … THE Phoenix Nights live shows raised about £5million for Comic Relief, Paddy McGuinness has revealed.
Wed 18 February 2015
Nick Mohammed to star in sci-fi blockbuster
Role in Ridley Scott's The Martian
18/02/2015 … Nick Mohammed is to appear in Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi blockbuster.