Twitter shuts satire account after government complaint
Clampdown on spoof JobCentre feed
31/01/2014 … Twitter has closed down a parody account mocking government policies days after Whitehall warned the writers: ‘It is not satire’.
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Fri 31 January 2014
Jerry teases Seinfeld reunion
31/01/2014 … JERRY SEINFELD has given aways some more clues about the Seinfeld reunion.
Call everyone Dave day
31/01/2014 … • 'There's so much terrible stuff in the clubs: you see audience's minds being polluted by awful language and base thoughts.
Thu 30 January 2014
Still Open All Hours kept in business
30/01/2014 … The BBC has commissioned a full run of Still Open All Hours following the success of the Christmas special.
Memoirs of the '7th Python'
Carol Cleveland writes her autobiography
30/01/2014 … Monty Python’s ‘7th member’, Carol Cleveland, is to write her memoirs to coincide with the comedy troupe’s comeback gigs this summer.
Sanjeev Kohli takes on Scottish independence
...but Open All Hours may have scuppered his sitcom
30/01/2014 … Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli is to front a Weekly Wipe-style guide to Scottish independence.
Remembering Bill Hicks, 20 years on
30/01/2014 … THE 20th anniversary of Bill Hicks' death is to be marked with a gig on February 26 where some of his best – and least – known material will be screened, along…
Wed 29 January 2014
'Banned' Bible comedy sells out
The publicity power of a protest...
29/01/2014 … Hardline Christian councillors who campaigned against a Bible-based comedy show have only served to boost its appeal.