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Comic Relief money invested in arms and tobacco shares
Millions of pounds donated to Comic Relief have been invested in shares in tobacco, alcohol and arms firms, BBC Panorama has learned.
Declan Lawn, BBC News, 10th December 2013Are Comic Relief's investments all in a good cause?
Critics of charity's investment strategies must remember trustees are obliged to invest for the best possible financial returns.
Peter Bennett-Jones, The Guardian, 10th December 2013Fresh Meat, series 3 episode 6, review
Fresh Meat's cringe comedy was in full flight this week with a campus occupation and a 'legendary' JP, says Charlotte Runcie.
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 10th December 2013Ivor Cutler play leads NTS spring season
Ivor Cutler, the iconic Scottish comedian, is commemorated in the National Theatre of Scotland's spring-summer season 2014, announced today.
Thom Dibdin, The Stage, 10th December 2013BBC New Comedy Award final 2013 review
Proof, were ever it needed, that the geeks have inherited the world of comedy came at the final of the BBC New Comedy Award last night, thanks to an almost uninterrupted parade of the terminally uncool
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th December 2013Stop! This Isn't What I Meant! - Part 2
So following on from Part 1, you're watching a take of your scene in your show and an actor keeps saying a line in a weird way, or the 'wrong way'. This happens, although less than you might think because of the process leading up to this moment.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 10th December 2013Graham Norton warned over World Aids Day ribbon
Graham Norton and his production company So Television have been reprimanded by the BBC after he wore a World Aids Day ribbon on air.
BBC News, 10th December 2013Comic Relief to do 'full review' of investment policy
Comic Relief will carry out a "full review" after claims millions of pounds were invested in funds with shares in tobacco, alcohol and arms firms.
BBC News, 10th December 2013Simon Amstell: 'I want to find new types of suffering'
The former Buzzcocks host has spent much of the year peddling his brand of angst-ridden Britishness in the US. And his knack for mining uncomfortable truths has seen him compared to Woody Allen - but does he really want to make it big stateside?
Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian, 10th December 2013Rules banning Norton's Aids ribbon are contradictory
Why is public support of an Aids charity bad and yet presenters can be disciplined for refusing to wear a Remembrance Day poppy?
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 10th December 2013Sarah Lancashire shines in an uneven instalment
In my recent reviews of Last Tango in Halifax, I've made much of the changing tone of a series which I believe has become a lot darker in its second run. But, in the last ten minutes of tonight's episode, I got the sense that the storm clouds were lifting.
Unreality TV, 10th December 2013Jennifer Saunders on Ab Fab movie
After much speculation, Jennifer Saunders revealed there will be an Ab Fab movie - as soon as she can make herself sit down and put pen to paper.
STV, 10th December 2013The Colonel: the Weirdos alternative pantomime
This year, they're panto-ing up again, but rather than recreating a Disney movie, they've written an original piece called The Colonel.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 10th December 2013Brian Cox and Robin Ince: Christmas head-to-head
Physicist Brian Cox squares up to Scrooge-like comic Robin Ince to argue Yuletide: yes or no?
Brian Cox and Robin Ince, Time Out, 10th December 2013Videos
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10pm30 min
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