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Last of the Summer Wine: Special friends in the north
'Last of the Summer Wine' ends tomorrow. We won't see its like again, says David Quantick.
David Quantick, The Telegraph, 27th August 2010Has the death of a friend made Jefferies clean his act?
The bad boy of comedy is still pushing the boundaries of taste with Fringe show Alcoholocaust.
Edd McCracken, The Herald, 9th August 2010Barry Cryer remembers his friend Bob Monkhouse
Bob was one of a kind and he was very much aware of this.
Barry Cryer, BBC Comedy, 26th July 2010Friend or Faux: Not Quite Joey, but Not Himself
Like the husbands of cliché whose wives announce during the honeymoon, "You're perfect; now change," people in British television are often blindsided by the embrace-then-rip-apart torture that is the Hollywood remake machine.
Sarah Lyall, The New York Times, 23rd July 2010The type of friends you'd rather leave behind
I imagine that the circle of friends brought back together by Reunited were blander than the majority of viewers' real-life acquaintances - who also have to get by without the assistance of a script.
Andrew Pettie, The Telegraph, 30th June 2010Friends star Le Blanc films in Watford for BBC series
Former Friends star Matt Le Blanc has visited Watford to film scenes for his new comedy show.
Michael Pickard, Watford Observer, 4th June 2010Funny Friends and oversized clothing
Susan Calman and I are in the middle of recording a new series of Funny Friends for BBC Radio Scotland. If you didn't hear the first series, the idea is pretty simple. Susan Calman chats to her Funny Friends.
Lesley Kay, BBC Scotland, 23rd April 2010Dawn and Lenny: Just good friends - or just good actors?
The 'amicable' split to which Dawn French and Lenny Henry aspire is more common than we might imagine.
Carol Sarler, The Independent, 11th April 2010BBC axes Mutual Friends
BBC1 has axed primetime comedy-drama Mutual Friends after just one series.
The Hat Trick show, penned by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto, was initially planned as a one-off about male friendship featuring comedians Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong but was later commissioned for a 6 x 60-minute series.
Robin Parker, Broadcast, 1st May 2009Justin gets friendly with Mel
Justin Lee Collins cosies up to Dancing On Ice beauty Melinda Messenger on his chat show tonight. With preview video.
The Sun, 27th March 2009