The satire defecit
How comics took their eye off the political ball
08/02/2015 … Comedians haven’t kept up with changes in politics, leaving them ill-equipped to satirise modern Parliament.
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Sun 08 February 2015
Fri 06 February 2015
ITV books a return flight to Benidorm
06/02/2015 … ITV has commissioned an eighth series of Benidorm to be filmed in Spain later this year.
Comedy editor Charlie Phillips dies
06/02/2015 … CHARLIE Phillips, a TV comedy editor whose credits include Psychoville, Him and Her and Man Down, has died in his mid-fifties.
© Idil Sukan Nish Kumar to host Newsjack
06/02/2015 … Nish Kumar is to host of the new series of Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack, the BBC has announced.
Nutella-stained jogging bottoms
06/02/2015 … • 'Drink doesn't add anything to your creativity.
Thu 05 February 2015
Stewart Lee slates 'bastard' ticket touts
05/02/2015 … Stewart Lee has slammed touting websites for selling his tickets at up to five times their face value – branding them 'utter bastards'.
Lee & Herring show 'will never be released'
Rich's dismay over DVD of TMWRNJ
05/02/2015 … The DVD of cult favourite This Morning With Richard Not Judy will probably never be released, star Richard Herring has announced.
Wed 04 February 2015
Extra gig for Phoenix Nights Live
Show for those who witnessed Ted Robbins' collapse
04/02/2015 … An extra show has been added to the run of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights Live for the audience who witnessed Ted Robbins collapse on opening night.