The British Comedy Awards – Results
The results from the British Comedy Awards 2011. Stewart Lee beats off stiff competition to score a double win for Best Male Television Comic and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme Shooting Stars wins Best Comedy Panel Show and Dan Skinner scoops Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist for his role as Angelos Epithemou, see him in his own show on Channel More...
Wright Stuff gets most Ofcom complaints of 2011
An edition of The Wright Stuff in which host Matthew Wright made light of a teenager’s murder in Scotland attracted the most complaints to Ofcom of 2011. His use of a mock Scottish accent and a catchphrase More...
All Change at Blue Peter
The BBC’s flagship children’s show Blue Peter is to be cut to just one episode a week and will be shown on CBBC a day before BBC One, it has been announced. The change marks a big upheaval for the long-running More...
Russell Brand to front US TV series for Fox
British comedian and actor Russell Brand has landed a TV series in the US, it has been announced. The star will front a six-episode late-night series on Fox’s sister channel, FX, beginning in the spring. FX More...
Lost Doctor Who episodes returned to BBC
Two classic episodes of sci-fi series Doctor Who once presumed lost have been returned to the BBC archive. The complete episodes, featuring the first two Time Lords William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, were among More...
Charity wins if Crissy crowned
FRIENDS are supporting jungle TV show contestant Crissy Rock in a bid to raise £1,600 for charity. From the beaches of Benidorm to the Australian outback, the Scouse comedienne, who now lives in Peterlee, has laughed More...
Channel 4 goes underground
Channel 4 is to bring its distinctive news and commentary to live cross track projector screen advertisement boards (XTPs) on the London Underground network, as part of a marketing push for the flagship 7pm Channel More...
Ant and Dec sign new exclusive two year deal
ITV has signed a new, exclusive two year deal with Ant and Dec which will extend the award winning duo’s long term relationship with the UK’s most successful commercial broadcaster through to December 2013. The More...
The new Channel 4 News weather map
Channel 4 has unveiled plans for weather news across the channel following Channel 4 News’ appointment of its first ever Weather Presenter. Liam Dutton, who joins from the BBC, will be the face of a brand More...
2011 Remembrance on the BBC
To mark Remembrance Day the BBC will broadcast a special range of programmes to help bring the nation together to pause and remember those killed in the First World War, Second World War, and all conflicts since. Programmes More...
