RIP: Chris Luby goes for a Burton
Battle of Britain impersonator dies after fall
12/01/2014 … Chris Luby, one of the more unforgettable comedians from the early days of alternative cabaret, has died after falling down stairs at his home.
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Sun 12 January 2014
Fri 10 January 2014
Dara in a centrifuge
10/01/2014 … • ‘Leigh Francis would be overrated if the only thing anyone had ever done was acknowledge him as a conscious, functioning human.
Tim Minchin adapts Groundhog Day for the stage
Collaboration with Matilda director
10/01/2014 … Tim Minchin is working on a stage adaptation of the classic Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day.
Thu 09 January 2014
BBC could pick up rejected US sitcom
'Big comedy hero' in line for lead role
09/01/2014 … The BBC is working on a sitcom about a pill-popping novelist that was originally rejected by America's CBS network.
Black Mirror will be back... eventually
09/01/2014 … Charlie Brooker has confirmed that Black Mirror will be back for a third series – but said there had been 'a hitch, a slight delay' in bringing new episodes to…
Wed 08 January 2014
Ford Kiernan's son found dead
Police inquiry over unexplained death of 12-year-old
08/01/2014 … Police have launched an investigation after Ford Kiernan's 12-year-old son was found dead at the family home in Glasgow.
Steve Oram directs his first movie
No words, but cast - including Julian Barratt - will 'talk like monkeys'
08/01/2014 … Sightseers star Steve Oram is to make his directorial debut with a film he likens to Romeo and Juliet meets Planet of the Apes 'in the vein of John Waters'.
It's TV's Party now...
Tom Basden's R4 comedy adapted for small screen
08/01/2014 … Radio 4's political sitcom Party is being adapted for television.