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  1. Edgar Wright’s Forgotten Film Debut ‘A Fistful of Fingers’Edgar Wright’s newest film Baby Driver is out this week, and if early reviews are any indication, it can easily stand alongside his previously […]
    By Ramsey Ess
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    Jon Hamm Is Going to Be on Black MirrorAccording to Britain’s Channel 4, it will be “the most mind-bending episode yet.”
    By Anna Silman
  3. David Hasselhoff Is Starring in His Own ‘Curb’-Style Show and No This […]Do you love Curb Your Enthusiasm, but daydream about it focussing on a different famous person other than Larry David? To get more specific, is […]
    By Adam Frucci
  4. UK’s V Festival Comes Under Fire for Its All-Male LineupV Festival, the UK’s Virgin Media-sponsored music festival, is being criticized this week for its all-male comedy lineup. The Independent […]
    By Bradford Evans
  5. FX and UK’s Sky Broadcasting Group Team Up to Develop ComediesEngland’s Sky Broadcasting Group and US cable network FX announced a deal today to develop shows together. The two-year agreement will find […]
    By Bradford Evans
  6. The Long, Brilliant Career of Steve Coogan, the Funniest British Comedian […]Although he’s been a wildly popular comedian in the UK for over 20 years now, Steve Coogan has yet to become a household name in the States. […]
    By Bradford Evans
  7. Jack Black Is Developing an Adaptation of the UK Film ‘Wizard’s Way’Jack Black has acquired the rights to develop and produce a remake of he British film Wizard’s Way, Variety reports. The comedy follows two […]
    By Bradford Evans
  8. ABC Orders a Pilot Based on the UK Series ‘Bad Education’, Adapted by Two […]ABC is adapting the UK sitcom Bad Education into an American show. THR reports that the network has orderd a pilot for a single-camera comedy […]
    By Bradford Evans
  9. The American Version of ‘The IT Crowd’ That Never Made It to TVThere’s no formula for good TV. Networks and studios shuffle through hundreds of new projects every year, but when it comes down to it, it’s […]
    By Matt Schimkowitz
  10. ‘Peep Show’ Creators Are Writing a Cop ShowNoted UK comedy writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are creating a new show. Chortle that Channel Four has ordered a six-part season of an […]
    By Bradford Evans
  11. Humphrey Ker Sells a Sitcom to ABCUK comedian Humphrey Ker is making his first US TV show. Deadline reports that Ker has sold a show to ABC loosely based on his own life that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  12. Watch a Trailer for HBO’s New Comedy ‘Getting On’ Here’s a new trailer for Getting On, HBO’s upcoming remake of the UK medical comedy of the same name. Premiering Sunday, November 24th, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  13. HBO’s Remake of the UK Series ‘Getting On’ Premieres Nov. 24HBO announced today that the network’s adaptation of the acclaimed UK medical comedy Getting On will debut Sunday, November 24th at 10pm. The […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. Watch Simon Pegg Do Standup on TV in 1995 This surfaced online a few years ago, but here’s video of a 25-year-old Simon Pegg doing standup on the BBC in 1995, a year before he started […]
    By Bradford Evans
  15. ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ Is Being Remade for the US as ‘Virgins America’There’s going to be a US remake of The Inbetweeners Movie, the 2011 UK film based on the popular E4 comedy series about a quartet of horny […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. The Alan Partridge Movie Is Getting a US Release in 2014Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge movie is coming to the US. Deadline reports that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the rights to the film, entitled […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. Talking to ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ Co-Writer Dan Mazer About His New Movie ‘I […]As Sacha Baron Cohen’s longtime writing/producing partner, Dan Mazer is responsible for co-scripting Borat, Brüno, and both the US and UK […]
    By Bradford Evans
  18. ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ Sequel Is Definitely HappeningThere’s going to be another The Inbetweeners movie. Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, creators of the beloved UK TV series about the trials and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  19. ‘Peep Show’ Co-Creator Sam Bain Has Screenwriting Tips for YouSam Bain, co-creator of the UK series Peep Show and co-writer on the movie Four Lions, wrote a list of 10 screenwriting tips for The Guardian […]
    By Bradford Evans
  20. You Have a Chance to Be in ‘The IT Crowd’ FinaleWe reported last month that beloved UK sitcom The IT Crowd is returning for a special 40-minute finale episode that’s currently filming, and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  21. Watch John Oliver and Armando Iannucci Have a Chat UK comedy god Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, The Thick of It, and tons more, was John Oliver’s guest on The Daily Show last night. Here’s […]
    By Bradford Evans
  22. The ‘Peep Show’ Creators Turned Down ‘Flight of the Conchords’UK comedy writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, who co-created Peep Show and Fresh Meat, were forced to say no to the opportunity to create […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. Ricky Gervais Refuses to Admit He’s Pretty Much David Brent NowRicky Gervais gave a nice long interview to GQ as part of their new comedy issue, and, in it, interviewer Chris Heath takes Gervais to task for […]
    By Bradford Evans
  24. ‘The IT Crowd’ Is Coming Back for a Finale, Filming This MonthBeloved British sitcom The IT Crowd is coming back for an extra-long finale episode after ending its run in 2010. Bleeding Cool reports that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  25. Watch a New Short from Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper Look Around You co-conspirators Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper reunited to make this new short together, which they just uploaded to […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. Dave Gorman Is Getting a New TV Show in the UK British comedian and author Dave Gorman is getting a new show, the UK TV channel Dave announced today. Gorman, best known for Are You Dave […]
    By Bradford Evans
  27. Former Head of Comedy at BBC Says He Wishes He Made ‘Brass Eye,’ Passed on […]Jon Plowman, the BBC’s former Head of Comedy, has been responsible for some of the most successful UK comedy series ever, including The Office, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  28. UK Panel Show ‘Have I Got News for You?’ Is Coming to the US Have I Got News for You?, a comedic UK panel show, has been a staple of British television since it was launched 22 years ago, and now […]
    By Bradford Evans
  29. Ian McKellen to Star in a Gay UK Sitcom from ‘Family Guy’ WriterUK network ITV has just signed two-time Oscar nominee Sir Ian McKellen to star alongside Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple in a new series […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    Watch Precious Little British Children Evaluate Azealia Banks’s ‘212’Well, they are the future, so we might as well listen.
    By Eliot Glazer
  31. david bowie
    See Lost Footage of a 1973 Performance by David BowieThe BBC recently broadcast lost footage of Bowie performing on Top of the Pops, like, a million years ago (38, to be exact).
    By Eliot Glazer
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    See a Charming Christmas Ad for John LewisBest holiday commercial of 2011? Could be.
    By Eliot Glazer