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Every version of Blockbusters there's ever been

As a new version of Blockbusters hosted by Dara O Briain arrives, we revisit the gameshow's previous incarnations...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd March 2019

Getting inside the head of Chris Sievey

In the 1980s and '90s, Frank Sidebottom was a giant-headed, cartoon-eyed, cult comedy hero - but few knew who was behind the mask. A documentary is now telling his full story for the first time.

Ian Youngs, BBC, 18th March 2019

Steve Coogan's first film - The Parole Officer

These days, the film has earned a cult following, and was popular enough to be re-released on blu-ray, which is a luxury that few British comedies are afforded.

Rhianna Evans, Super Ink, 18th March 2019

Revew - Only Fools and Horses: The Musical

Only Fools and Horses, one of the biggest TV comedy hits ever, was working on a musical version when, sadly, he died in 2011. But the project survived in the hands of his son, Jim, and Paul Whitehouse, no small-screen slouch himself.

Richard Barber, The Lady, 15th March 2019

Richard Curtis reveals story of Four Weddings sequel

The screenwriter has created a Red Nose Day sequel to his hit romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell.

Richard Curtis, Radio Times, 15th March 2019

Richard Curtis reveals story of Four Weddings sequel

It's both hard and easy to believe it's 25 years since we made Four Weddings And A Funeral.

Richard Curtis, Radio Times, 13th March 2019

Lisa McGee: We can never, ever go back to violence here

Creator Lisa McGee says that if there's one thing she learned from writing Derry Girls it's that we would be crazy to jeopardise peace in Northern Ireland.

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 5th March 2019

Fleabag is back - and it's better than ever

Phoebe Waller-Bridge deftly sidesteps the difficult second album problem in an assured series premiere for the hit BBC3 comedy, says Huw Fullerton.

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 4th March 2019

Fleabag series 2's darkest joke "revenge" against BBC

"The BBC were like, 'You can't say c**t,'" Phoebe Waller-Bridge explained. So she came up with something much, much worse.

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 4th March 2019

I've never seen Coogan better or Partridge funnier

I don't think I've ever seen Coogan better or Partridge funnier. The character is more rounded and involving but still endearingly silly and oh-God-did-he-really-just-say-that?

James Delingpole, The Spectator, 3rd March 2019

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