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• Colin’s Sandwich box set review – Mel Smith’s wannabe horror writer is a timeless sitcom hero

  11 Sep 2014: Michael Hogan: The beleaguered British Rail clerk with big ambitions is a superbly nuanced creation: misanthropic but lovable, arrogant but vulnerable, slobbish but sympathetic

• Celebrity Squares has had a facelift, but do its star names deserve better?

  10 Sep 2014: The gameshow, which ran in the 1970s and 1990s, has been brought back by ITV with Warwick Davis hosting. But how will its creaky noughts-and-crosses format fare in the modern age, asks Mark Lawson

• Appreciation: Joan Rivers, 1933-2014

  7 Sep 2014: Comedian and writer Arabella Weir remembers the trailblazing American comic and salutes her quick wit, craft and personal strength

• Joan Rivers didn’t want love, just laughs

  5 Sep 2014: Natalie Haynes: Without Rivers, comedy would have been safer and duller. No one was spared her acerbic, offensive wit

• Readers recommend: misanthropic songs

  4 Sep 2014: Hatred of humankind? You’ve got to love it. Dark humour, sharp lyrics and moving music will be among your song suggestions, says Peter Kimpton
  

• Frankie Boyle to film Scottish referendum show for BBC

  4 Sep 2014: Yes supporter’s caustic comedy take on independence will be filmed hours after poll closes but only shown on iPlayer. By John Plunkett

• Arrested Development creator invites fans to design DVD cover

  3 Sep 2014: Mitch Hurwitz pens a letter to fans as he opens a contest soliciting artwork inspired by the show and its characters

• Still Friends after all these years: the one about the 20th anniversary

  3 Sep 2014: Hadley Freeman: The hit sitcom may be on constant replay, but it's a joy to rediscover how genuinely funny it was. The show's creators share the secrets of its success

• Bill Kerr obituary

  31 Aug 2014: Australian actor and comedian who played Tony Hancock's good-natured lodger on radio and appeared in films such as The Dam Busters and Gallipoli

• Bridget Christie: ‘It’s trickery, hiding serious bits within a comic framework’

  29 Aug 2014: Two years ago she delivered her standup routine to 10 people in a strip club. Now she’s a star of the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the country. She talks biros, big families and why the new pope is ‘bloody marvellous’, writes Mark Lawson

• BoJack Horseman review: shades of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Daria, but hard to love

  29 Aug 2014: Stuart Jeffries: The Netflix animation about a washed-up celebrity horse, which stars Will Arnett and Aaron Paul, arrived this week. But is it any good?

• Friends reunited as Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow record new 'episode' – clip

  28 Aug 2014: Clip: Skit for Jimmy Kimmel Live brings Rachel, Monica and Phoebe back together for a disastrous read-through of Ross-centric script

• Veep: Julia Louis-Dreyfus leads the sitcom's third season to glory

  27 Aug 2014: David Renshaw: As the White House comedy comes to London, what do you make of this season so far?

• Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’

  26 Aug 2014: Jenny Slate’s career almost ended when she swore on Saturday Night Live. Now she’s in the year’s most talked-about film. Hadley Freeman meets the star of Obvious Child

• The Comeback's comeback: what to expect from season two

  26 Aug 2014: Priya Elan: After nine years away, Lisa Kudrow will once again play Valerie Cherish in the revived meta-sitcom. From reality TV to rivalries, here’s what we’d like to happen

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