Where are the big sketch shows?
Asks Fast Show's Charlie Higson
11/09/2013 … Fast Show star Charlie Higson has complained about the lack of mainstream sketch shows on TV.
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Wed 11 September 2013
Revealed: The date the IT Crowd shuts down
11/09/2013 … THE final IT Crowd special will air at 9pm on Friday September 27, Channel 4 has confirmed.
Tue 10 September 2013
Dead Boss gets US remake
10/09/2013 … America is to remake BBC Three’s prison sitcom Dead Boss.
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys named best comedy
10/09/2013 … MRS BROWN’S BOYS has been named best comedy show in the TV Choice Awards, as voted for by the viewing public.
No Tonic for Birmingham
Club postponed - as Jongleurs shuts too
10/09/2013 … The opening of the new Just The Tonic comedy club in Birmingham has been postponed indefinitely.
Mon 09 September 2013
Chris Morris in Richard Ayoade film
09/09/2013 … CHRIS MORRIS makes a cameo appearance in the new Richard Ayoade film, The Double.
Sharon Horgan to direct her first film
09/09/2013 … Sharon Horgan is to direct her first film.
'CBBC's answer to Mock The Week'
Iain Stirling to host new panel show
09/09/2013 … Iain Stirling is to present a new comedy panel show for children, described as ‘CBBC’s answer to Mock the Week’.