Ben Miller's in the Duck House
16/09/2013 … Ben Miller is to star in a West End comedy about the MPs’ expenses scandal, The Duck House, co-written by Mock The Week co-creator Dan Patterson.
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Mon 16 September 2013
Sun 15 September 2013
© BBC Mrs Brown comic was arrested for murder
Revelation in Brendan O'Carroll's biography
15/09/2013 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has revealed that he was once arrested on suspicion of murder.
Sat 14 September 2013
John Oliver returns to Community
Around six new episodes in Series Five
14/09/2013 … John Oliver is to return to the US sitcom Community.
Fri 13 September 2013
Publishing the Minutes
Nicholas Parsons to write first history of radio panel show
13/09/2013 … Nicholas Parsons is to write the first book about Just A Minute in its 45-year history.
Mark Thomas in joke theft outrage
13/09/2013 … • ‘The first gag I told my dad, I nicked from Steptoe and Son and passed off as my own.
Rewriting comedy history...
Author fixes his book's 'grave omissions'
13/09/2013 … A classic book about the history of comedy has been republished – because the author did not give enough credit to acts including The Two Ronnies, Morecambe…
Hear songs from X-Factor musical
First tracks from Harry Hill's I Can't Sing!
13/09/2013 … Four tracks have been released from the forthcoming X Factor musical I Can't Sing!, written by Harry Hill.