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Richard Briers to be honoured with blue plaque

The British Comedy Society is to honour late actor Richard Briers CBE with a blue plaque.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2015

Blue plaques celebrating comic greats stolen

Plaques celebrating careers of Tommy Cooper, Sid James, Benny Hill and Irene Handl were snatched from outside Teddington TV Studios in London.

Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 15th July 2015

Bluestone 42 ends

The writers of the army-based BBC Three comedy Bluestone 42 have confirmed that there will be no further series of the popular sitcom.

British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2015

Red Redmond: why I'm feeling blue

This week I recorded and released my own stand-up show. I did it without the assistance of an agent or manager. It is an independently funded project to which I have complete creative control. I'm not here to boast or boost sales. On the contrary, I want to encourage you to do the same...

Red Redmond, Giggle Beats, 23rd June 2015

Off Their Rockers given 'Blue Badge' specials

The OAP anarchy will give way to "a brilliant cast of disabled actors to prank the unsuspecting British public" on ITV.

Ella Hill, Radio Times, 13th April 2015

Oliver Chris bows out of Bluestone 42

Tonight's episode of the Afghanistan-set BBC Three comedy saw the introduction of Laura Aikman's ATO Ellen Best after Nick Medhurst lost his leg in an explosion.

Susanna Lazarus and Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 16th March 2015

Bluestone 42 is back with a bang

Bluestone 42 looks to continue to deliver quality episodes which fans of the show like myself have become accustomed to.

The Custard TV, 9th March 2015

The secrets of filming Bluestone 42

The writers of the hit Afghanistan-set series reveal the pitfalls of setting your workplace sitcom in a warzone...

Richard Hurst and James Cary, Radio Times, 9th March 2015

Bluestone 42 is back with a bang

It's an exciting start that combines the series greatest strengths- gallows humour and idiotic antics (a highlight in tonight's episode being an inappropriately-timed punching game) interspersed with genuinely impressive (for a sitcom budget) stunts and, of course, plenty of big booms.

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 9th March 2015

Bluestone 42, series three, episode one, review

This sitcom has plenty of potential but is not given the comedy it deserves.

Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 9th March 2015

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