• 2010 British Comedy Awards – and the winner is….

    2010 British Comedy Awards – and the winner is….

    Rightfully so, last night (Saturday, 22 January) was billed as the biggest night of the year for the British comedy industry as UK’s funniest gathered at London’s O2 for the annual British Comedy Awards. Jonathan Ross returned as host of the gala evening, broadcast live on Channel 4, that, for the first time, tapped the […]

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  • Red Dwarf 2012: T minus 344 days and counting….

    Red Dwarf 2012: T minus 344 days and counting….

    Yogi Berra was right. It’s deja vu all over again. If you remember, we reported earlier this year with regards to Dave, the perennial home of witty banter in the UK, bravely stepping up to the plate to commission 10 new episodes of the British comedy/sci-fi series, Red Dwarf, with a target launch date of 2011. […]

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  • Dunder-Mifflen to hire David Brent?

    Dunder-Mifflen to hire David Brent?

    Fresh from his brilliant stint as host of the 2011 Golden Globes, word is that Ricky Gervais, alias, David Brent, has had enough of Michael Scott and is set to show everyone at Dunder-Mifflen just how it’s done at the Wernham Hogg Paper Company in Slough. While Gervais has, for seven seasons, retained the executive producer […]

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  • 10 O'Clock Live – UK's 'Daily Show' begins tonight

    10 O'Clock Live – UK's 'Daily Show' begins tonight

    Comparison’s will be unfair, but they are also inevitable. This will definitely be the case when 10 O’Clock Live premieres tonight on Channel 4 in the UK. Immediate comparisons will be made with the undeniably brilliant Daily Show with Jon Stewart given that it’s main focus will be to put a comical, satirical bent on […]

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  • On the Set with Charles Brogdon

    On the Set with Charles Brogdon

    This is just plain cool. No big revelation about your favorite British comedy series or your favorite British star, just someone doing something they love and wanting to share with others. Charles Brogdon’s flickr page tells the story of On the Set: Mini Studio Sets. In Charles’ own words, he explains where his passion for […]

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  • Scattershooting on a Monday….Downton Abbey, Judi Dench and more

    Scattershooting on a Monday….Downton Abbey, Judi Dench and more

    More trolling around the Internets bringing you more tidbits of witty banter to amaze your friends with at parties…. Downton Abbey production begins in February We reported last week that Downton Abbey is set to go into production next month in the UK. Now that the second or four episodes has come and gone on […]

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  • Good British comedy = oil. Good customer service = water.

    Good British comedy = oil. Good customer service = water.

    They just don’t mix. Where would we be if the world of British comedy adhered to the real world high expectations of good customer service? Think about it. No Fawlty Towers, no Black Books and no League of Gentlemen. According to customer service gurus, Michel Roux and Mary Portas, the aforementioned British comedy series come […]

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  • Being Human 3 launch date set!

    Being Human 3 launch date set!

    Mark the calendar, turn off the phone and lock the doors….BH3 is coming. . . . . . . . . . Just catching up or catching on to the greatness that is Being Human? If you fall in to one of these two groups or if you’ve been a P1 since that fateful day […]

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  • Patricia Routledge in Admission: One shilling

    Patricia Routledge in Admission: One shilling

    Find yourself in or around Northampton with no plans this weekend? Have we got a deal for you. The Royal & Derngate theatre features a couple of greats from the British acting and musical world tonight and Saturday.  The great Patricia Routledge, steamrolling towards her 82nd birthday in February of this year, and international concert […]

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  • Take the UK to US TV export challenge

    Take the UK to US TV export challenge

    With all of our talk over the last 14 months about the US “difficulty” with respect to exporting brilliant UK product and putting the U.S stamp on it, whether it be comedy or drama (seems like we’ve mastered the art of the game show/reality show remake), the BBC has come up with a quick 7-question […]

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