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The free-for-all must end: bring the web to heel

28.08.09
Hello, you psychotic, whoring skanks! Ah, that doesn't work, does it? Not with my name printed at the top of this piece... more

Freak heart illness killed comedy genius

16.04.09
A BBC executive who co-wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts died when he collapsed of a freak heart condition and fell under the wheels of a lorry... more

Enough Twittering – I need to Spotify

17.02.09
No sooner have we trundled onto the internet superhighway than we realise that there is always something revving up in the fast lane waiting to overtake us... more

Rhapsody in electric blue: Kate Garraway slips into a clingy little number for TV Quick awards

08.09.08
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway showed off a bold front in a little blue dress as she joined the stars at the TV Quick and TV Choice awards.... more

Former BBC comedy boss killed in road accident

29.08.08
Former head of comedy for the BBC Geoffrey Perkins, 55, a producer, writer and performer, was hit by a truck on the busy Marylebone High Street just after 9am this morning.... more

Teachers have feelings in under the blue sky

06.08.08
David Eldridge, who spent many years hanging out with teacher friends, nails a certain social milieu with wit and generosity in Under the Blue Sky.... more

Grade wields axe as ITV slumps to record £1.5bn loss

06.08.08
ITV has made a record loss of more than £1.5 billion and warned that advertising revenues are set to take a nose-dive in the autumn... more

Orchestrate! Daleks invade the Proms for an out of this world concert

28.07.08
The Proms took on a distinctly intergalactic flavour when Daleks invaded the stage for a Dr Who themed night.... more

Proms play second fiddle to Dr Who

28.07.08
Cynics might dub it dumbing down but the Dr Who Prom certainly attracted Whovians of all ages to the packed Albert Hall.... more

Kylie weaves her spell

28.07.08
Kylie's production at the 02 Arena is lavish and sprinkled with moments of glorious madness. Fabulously enjoyable, says John Aizlewood.... more

Under The Blue Sky barely a pass in sex education

28.07.08
Under the Blue Sky seeks to show how emotionally retarded and repressed schoolteachers can be when involved with each other.... more

Pictured: Catherine Tate on crutches after twisting her ankle in nasty fall

17.07.08
Catherine Tate's much anticipated first night return to the West End was cancelled after she took a tumble and suffered an ankle injury. ... more

Your chance to vote first in TV's top awards

05.07.08
It's the most glittering - and nail-biting - date in the awards ceremony calendar, and a true litmus test of popular taste. And today we are proud to announce that Mail on Sunday readers will be the first to cast their vote for the National Television Awards... the only TV honours to be handed direct from the viewer to the star. ... more

Nice handbags boys! Ant and Dec show off designer totes after gym workout

03.06.08
They’d spent more than an hour building up manly muscles at the gym, but Ant and Dec showed today they also cultivating their girly side.... more

Explosive: The first dramatic pictures of Billie Piper's return to Dr Who

25.05.08
Billie Piper is set to make an unexpected return to Dr Who in a dramatic explosion scene that will have viewers on the edge of their seats as these pictures show.... more

ITV set to escape seven-figure fine over Ant and Dec vote-rigging scandal

19.05.08
ITV may get away with its latest vote-rigging debacle involving presenters Ant and Dec - and avoid a seven-figure fine in the process.... more

Fraud police could investigate Ant and Dec's TV voting fix

14.05.08
The Serious Fraud Office is considering an investigation into a string of phone-vote scandals at ITV, including the rigging of an award for Ant and Dec. The possibility emerged on the day Ofcom warned of "systemic and widespread" problems affecting all broadcasters... more

Taking on the wrong role

25.04.08
In the right role Richard Lumsden is very good but The Fall and Rise of Lenny Smallman, a self-penned, cliché-jammed slog of a pop parable, stretches his charms to the limit.... more

Up Pompeii: Tate and Tennant head for ancient Rome as nine million viewers watch series opener

07.04.08
Doctor Who and exuberant sidekick Donna team up following their successful series opener - which attracted nine million viewers - to battle it out in ancient Rome next week. Newly released pictures show the Doctor and Donna squaring up to a series of outrageous baddies in notorious volcano hotspot Pompeii. This week's show will include cameos from Peter Capaldi - of satire The Thick of It - and Quadrophenia's Phil Davis. The series four opener on Saturday wiped the floor with the competition, attracting nine million viewers, 300,000 more than episode one of series three last year ... more

Forget the Meluas ... Adele's the real thing

30.01.08
Adele Adkins' voice exudes grief with a believability unheard since Tammy Wynette, the most desolate female singer of all.... more

Why comedian plus punchline equals guffaw

03.01.08
The Science Museum is to embark on the first scientific examination of what makes Londoners laugh.... more

Rude jokes for all the family

21.12.07
Forget the panto-phobic critics, Stephen Fry's Cinderella is consistently funny, subversive and knowing, says Anne McElvoy.... more

Cartoon laughs live on

05.11.07
The often sidesplittingly funny Fast Show Live brought back a host of familiar characters and even drew a cameo from Timelord David Tennant.... more

Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?

19.10.07
Her spoof Lily Allen song on Radio 1 was mistaken for the real thing and her new TV series lampoons Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss - they deserve it, says comedy's latest star.... more

Serious stand-up

13.06.07
Sue Perkins was initially nervy - pacing and playing with her mic - yet once she found a steady rhythm, things slotted into place. ... more

Yearning for the good old days

15.03.07
Playing a man twice his age, Alex Lowe's heavy-jowelled prosthetics recall Roy Hattersley's Spitting Image puppet with better diction.... more

Victoria's secrets

12.01.07
After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Fingers on your buzzers

09.11.06
James McAvoy stars as a working-class boy with advanced general-knowledge skills in Starter For Ten who is taught some valuable lessons by life and love.... more

All-star cast is lost for words

02.11.06
Director Ed Blum has collected a pretty good cast for Scenes Of A Sexual Nature. Unfortunately he has given them little or nothing to do.... more
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