Pythons to record new songs
As greatest hits album is re-released
19/03/2014 … Monty Python are to release five new songs ahead of their London comeback shows this summer.
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Wed 19 March 2014
McIntyre's chat show sheds viewers
19/03/2014 … MICHAEL McINTYRE’s chat show has lost 400,000 viewers in a week.
Comedians celebrate BBC Two's big 5-0
Details of special shows revealed
19/03/2014 … BBC Two has confirmed details of the comedy shows lined up to mark its 50th anniversary.
Smashed it!
Comedians set new stand-up record
19/03/2014 … After more than 82 hours of continuous comedy, the record for the longest stand-up gig was broken in Portsmouth last night.
America's FX orders The Comedians
19/03/2014 … America is to get another sitcom set behind the scenes of a late-night sketch comedy show.
Tue 18 March 2014
BBC orders more House Of Fools
New commission for Vic and Bob
18/03/2014 … The BBC has commissioned a second series of Vic and Bob’s House Of Fools.
Mon 17 March 2014
© Steve Ullathorne BBC revives Comedy Playhouse
With Hugh Dennis as a weatherman in new Doug Naylor sitcom
17/03/2014 … BBC One is reviving the Comedy Playhouse series of one-off pilots, with Hugh Dennis set to star as a sacked BBC weatherman in the latest self-referential sitcom…
New Mike Bassett film in the works
Ricky Tomlinson to return for sequel
17/03/2014 … Ricky Tomlinson is to reprise his role of England football manager Mike Bassett in a sequel to the 2001 comedy film.