Lost Hitchhikers' Guide scenes discovered
Revealed in new Douglas Adams biography
30/05/2014 … Unseen work from Douglas Adams, including material cut from The Hitchhiker's Guide novels, are to be published in a new biography.
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Fri 30 May 2014
A foot under the hammer
30/05/2014 … •'Whatever you say, any joke you make about the gay community, it's going to be misconstrued.
Another TV exec joins Chortle conference
Dave commissioner now on panel
30/05/2014 … UKTV commissioning editor Iain Coyle has joined the broadcasting panel at the Chortle Conference.
Fubar Radio loses another comic...
Vikki Stone follows Richard Herring out the door
30/05/2014 … Vikki Stone has followed Richard Herring in quitting the subscription-only Fubar Radio.
Sitcom for Sammy J and Randy
30/05/2014 … Australian comic Sammy J and his puppet sidekick Randy are to make their own TV series.
Club calls police to eject heckler
'There was only so much the audience could take'
30/05/2014 … Heckling got so bad at one comedy club that police had to be called to eject the troublesome punter.
Thu 29 May 2014
All change! TV commissioners reshuffled
29/05/2014 … Broadcasters have this morning announced a reshuffle of comedy executives.
Catastrophe to hit C4
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan sitcom ordered
29/05/2014 … Channel 4 has ordered a full series of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's sitcom Catastrophe.