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Eric Idle: the BBC paid us £2,000 a series for Python
The actor and musician pays tax in three countries but doesn't vote in any of them, but he has never regretted leaving London for sunny Los Angeles.
Angela Wintle, The Telegraph, 10th January 2016BBC America greenlights new Dirk Gently TV series
Douglas Adams' detective Dirk Gently has been greenlit for another TV adaptation, courtesy of BBC America and writer Max Landis.
Steven Storm, IGN Movies, 8th January 2016Can Limmy's Show! translate to an American audience?
The Glaswegian comic's show is now available on Netflix US, but will Americans be able to fathom him? We asked one to find out.
Matthew Cantor, The Guardian, 18th December 2015The Job Lot to be remade in America
ABC has landed a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and Raising Hope creator Greg Garcia. Tentatively titled The Job Squad, the project is based on the British comedy The Job Lot.
Deadline, 10th December 2015Eric Idle interview
Monty Python's Eric Idle on travelling with John Cleese, improv with Stephen Hawking - and the best book never written.
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 10th December 2015Old American pilot for Peep Show has been leaked online
Turns out Johnny Galecki was playing nerdy characters long before The Big Bang Theory.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 7th November 2015Gina Yashere loves American culture not the health care
While she's spent quite a bit of time performing in New York and Los Angeles, British ex-pat Gina Yashere will be making her first visit to Minnesota this week. Well, sort of. "I did a college there a couple of years ago," she says. "But it was literally in and out. So, technically no, but yes."
P. F. Wilson, The City Pages, 28th October 2015John Cleese and Eric Idle's excellent Florida adventure
In October, Eric Idle hits the highway again, this time with fellow Monty Python icon John Cleese, on a tour that begins with 11 shows in Florida. They will travel by car, which will allow them to sneak up on unsuspecting locals.
Ben Crandell, South Florida, 30th September 2015Eric Idle pens a new novel
Eric Idle has written a new novel, which will be released as a e-book next month. The Writer's Cut is described as 'a wicked, enthralling comedy' about a joke writer whose career has stalled - until he decides to write a novel.
Chortle, 17th September 2015Paul Zerdin wins America's Got Talent
British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin has won America's Got Talent. He collects a $1m prize.
British Comedy Guide, 17th September 2015