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Eric Sykes blue plaque unveiled at west London office
A blue plaque has been unveiled to mark the office comedian Eric Sykes shared with Spike Milligan for more than 50 years in west London.
BBC News, 7th July 2013Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue novelist, dies aged 85
The British satirical author Tom Sharpe, who wrote the 1974 novel Porterhouse Blue, has died aged 85.
BBC News, 6th June 2013Morecambe and Wise blue plaque unveiled at Teddington
A blue plaque in tribute to comedy double act Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise has been unveiled at the studio where much of their best work was shot.
BBC News, 19th May 2013I made... Bluestone 42
Producer Michelle Farr talks about her role in BBC Three's comedy drama Bluestone 42, where she was involved in overseeing the entire production, from script to screen.
BBC, 23rd April 2013Bluestone 42 gets a second series
BBC Three has commissioned a second series of Bluestone 42, its comedy about a bomb disposal unit operating in Afghanistan.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd April 2013Last night's viewing - Bluestone 42, BBC3
I think Bluestone 42, BBC3's new comedy about a bomb-disposal team in Afghanistan, may be unique. Of course, there have been other sitcoms that tried to see the funny side of a bloody war before now. M*A*S*H did it brilliantly, as did Blackadder Goes Forth. But neither of those series went out while the war in question was still underway.
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 6th March 2013Review: Bluestone 42, BBC Three
Damp-squib start for sitcom set in a bomb-disposal unit.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 6th March 2013Bluestone 42: The research process
One of the most common questions my co-writer James Cary and I get asked when we're talking about our new comedy Bluestone 42, is about the research process. Did you do lots of research, people ask. Do you have a military background? The last question gets asked very rarely when it's face-to-face. I can't think why.
Richard Hurst, BBC Writersroom, 5th March 2013Bluestone 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 2013Meet the cast of Bluestone 42
We speak to Oliver Chris, Stephen Wight, Gary Carr, Kelly Adams and the other stars of BBC3's controversial new Afghanistan war comedy.
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 5th March 2013