Omid Djalili to write memoirs
26/03/2014 … Omid Djalili is to release an autobiography this autumn.
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US series for Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart
25/03/2014 … Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart could be set for American stardom after landing lead roles in a new US comedy series, Chortle can reveal.
Millie, 12, gets her own sitcom
CBBC orders 'blended family' comedy
25/03/2014 … A 12-year-old Scottish schoolgirl is to star in her own BBC sitcom.
Help! We have no anti-independence comics
Glasgow festival's plea as debate looks one-sided
25/03/2014 … Organisers of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival are appealing for a pro-union comedian to argue against Scottish independence, after the Better Together…
Fringe takes over another corner of Edinburgh
St Andrew Square to house venues
25/03/2014 … Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square is to become a new Fringe space this August.
Portraits of the Females Of The Fringe
25/03/2014 … PHOTOGRAPHER Jessica McDermott is planning to release a photo-book of female comedians including Sarah Millican, Susan Calman and Jenny Eclair at this year’s Edinburgh…
Tragic teen 'haunted' by comedian's face
New evidence as pressure grows to name Mr X
25/03/2014 … The inquest into the teenager who took his own life after a relationship with an comedian has heard how he was haunted by the older man’s face on TV and in the…
BBC Two drops Hebburn
'It's been an honour,' says creator Cook
25/03/2014 … BBC Two has decided to drop the sitcom Hebburn after two series.