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Sun 20 April 2014
Miranda Hart may revive Generation Game
BBC confirms it's in talks with comic
20/04/2014 … The BBC is planning a possible revival of the Generation Game – with Miranda Hart at the helm.
Sat 19 April 2014
Barry loves Scotty
Denise takes Australia's top live comedy award
19/04/2014 … Denise Scott has won the Barry Award for the best show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Fri 18 April 2014
Ronnie Corbett: I was nearly an ape
18/04/2014 … • 'An artist moaning about the critics is like a sailor moaning about the waves.
Thu 17 April 2014
The Alberts clown Tony Gray dies at 86
Influence on Milligan and the Bonzos
17/04/2014 … Tony Gray, one of Britain’s more eccentric and best-known clowns of the Fifties and Sixties, has died at the age of 86.
Shooting starts on Babylon series
17/04/2014 … Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s police-based comedy-drama Babylon is to return for a six-part series.
Wed 16 April 2014
BBC to release new sitcom all at once
iPlayer first for Jonah From Tonga
16/04/2014 … The entire series of Chris Lilley’s new sitcom Jonah From Tonga will be released at once on the BBC iPlayer.
Ross Noble rides again
Freewheeling gets a second series
16/04/2014 … Ross Noble is to make a second series of his Freewheeling show for Dave.