New sitcom for Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney
Catastophe heads a raft of C4 pilots
16/12/2013 … Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are to star in a new relationship sitcom – one of a raft of comedy pilots being made for Channel 4.
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Mon 16 December 2013
Gold reheats Porridge
Unseen footage in new documentary
16/12/2013 … Previously unseen material from Porridge is to be screened in a new documentary marking the 40th anniversary of the classic prison sitcom.
Family Guy's Brian is back from the dead
16/12/2013 … To the surprise of almost no one, the death of Family Guy dog Brian has been revealed as a hoax.
Kevin Bridges writes his memoirs - at 27
...and taking a year off stand-up to do so
16/12/2013 … Kevin Bridges is taking a year off from stand-up to write his autobiography.
Jim Davidson won't face court
No further action over Falklands allegations
16/12/2013 … Jim Davidson is to face no further action over an alleged historic sex offence.
Franke Boyle's lost for words
Comic mislays his joke book in Glasgow
16/12/2013 … Frankie Boyle has launched an appeal on Twitter after he lost a notebook containing his jokes.
Atkinson sketch tops 2013 complaints list
16/12/2013 … THE Comic Relief sketch in which Rowan Atkinson played a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury who said praying ‘doesn’t work’ and that ‘love thy neighbour’…
Sun 15 December 2013
A Frank account...
Jon Ronson writes book about the real Sidebottom
15/12/2013 … Author Jon Ronson has written a new book about his time with cult comedian Frank Sidebottom.