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Freddie Flintoff & Jamie Redknapp interview

Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp were a bundle of nerves when they first signed up as team leaders on A League Of Their Own, the Sky1 quiz show hosted by James Corden. But as series two kicks off, the sporting stars are old hands.

Marie-Anne Hamilton, TV Choice, 24th September 2010

Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury in biopic

Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is set to wear a moustache again as he plays Queen singer Freddie Mercury in a new film from the writer of The Queen.

Tom Phillips, Metro, 17th September 2010

Fox orders family-comedy pilot 'Outnumbered'

Fox has ordered a family-comedy pilot inspired by a hit U.K. sitcom.

James Hibberd, Hollywood Reporter, 12th September 2010

Shameless creator attacks predictable TV drama casting

Shameless creator Paul Abbott has criticised broadcasters for regularly casting the same actors in UK dramas, claiming shows have become "predictable" as a result and that audiences want to see new talent.

Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 31st August 2010

Final episode aired of Last Of The Summer Wine

The curtain fell on the world's longest-running sitcom, Last Of The Summer Wine, last night but without any escapades involving a bathtub.

The Telegraph, 30th August 2010

Of course comedy has coarse ingredients

Puns, one-liners and double entendres are meat and drink for playwrights and comics, says Andrew Cunningham.

Andrew Cunningham, The Telegraph, 24th August 2010

Jarred Christmas takes a stand at the Edinburgh Fringe

Now an award-winning comedian who's appeared on Mock The Week and in a BBC sitcom, Jarred Christmas is standing up for himself in his new show. We spoke to him about that, his first experiences of the Fringe, and the challenge facing the thousands who travel to Edinburgh every year to try and make their name.

STV, 24th August 2010

Video: Fred at the Fest

Fred MacAulay introduces a run-down of last week's MacAulay and Co festival programmes...

Simone Byrne, BBC Scotland, 23rd August 2010

Holly Walsh injured in Birdman competition

Comedian Holly Walsh has been badly injured after leaping from a pier in Worthing.

Such Small Portions, 15th August 2010

They bickered over money, politics and the best jokes

The non-swimming Sallis would later recall that he managed to escape the river only because he was able to put a foot on a hard object under the water and lever himself out on to the bank. That hard object turned out to be Owen's head.

Andrew Vine, Daily Mail, 14th August 2010

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