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Sebastian Faulks to revive Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster

Best-selling author Sebastian Faulks is to pen a book featuring PG Wodehouse's classic characters, Jeeves and Wooster.

BBC News, 7th March 2013

QI won't be around for ever, predicts Alan Davies

Those who complain about the ubiquity of Stephen Fry on the telly (yah boo to them) may be given heart by a hint dropped yesterday by Alan Davies that their BBC quiz show QI may not be around for ever.

Evening Standard, 6th March 2013

Bluestone 42: is war ever funny?

"Soldiers use humour to cope in a high-stress environment, and keep a positive outlook," says one military advisor on the BBC3 bomb-disposal comedy.

Caroline Wyatt, Radio Times, 5th March 2013

Can comedians ever be taken seriously?

In the past week, two comedians have stood for election - Beppe Grillo in Italy and John O'Farrell in the UK's Eastleigh by-election. What are the pitfalls of putting your money where your mouth is?

Colm O'Regan, BBC News, 3rd March 2013

Grieve for The Good Life? Not this Young One

For comedy-watchers of my vintage, The Good Life was notable chiefly for one thing only: it was the icon of bourgeois entertainment that, in 1983, was ripped to shreds by Vyvyan the punk in The Young Ones.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd March 2013

Simon Munnery: Clever, imaginative and thrilling

Simon Munnery doesn't stand on stage at all during this latest show, Fylm-Makker, though his presence looms large.

Sharon Lougher, Metro, 27th February 2013

The Good Life would never work in modern Britain

The BBC sitcom The Good Life would never work now because viewers would not believe that rich and the poor could live next door to each other, Penelope Keith, one of its stars, has said.

Richard Alleyne, The Telegraph, 26th February 2013

Video: Steve Coogan 'armed' on Cromer Pier

Early visitors to north Norfolk were up with the Partridge on Monday to enjoy glimpses of Steve Coogan on Cromer Pier reprising his role of the spoof DJ.

BBC News, 26th February 2013

Steve Coogan film shoots on Cromer Pier

Gunfire is predicted in north Norfolk at the weekend when filming of the long-awaited movie about spoof DJ Alan Partridge comes to Cromer.

Martin Barber, BBC News, 23rd February 2013

Why our sitcoms will never have it so Good as 1970s

Since the 70s we've had many great shows but they don't have the love - or audiences - that a classic like The Good Life enjoyed.

David Quantick, The Mirror, 20th February 2013

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