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PELE C. 1970 TO MANCHESTER CITY. FEE UNDISCLOSED Published: 31/01/11
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Pele c. 1970 to Manchester City. Fee Undisclosed   Once again proving that they will leave no stone unturned in their quest for the Premier League title, Manchester City's owners have provided the club with the funds to invent time travel, go back to 1970, kidnap Pele and bring him to present-day Eastlands. The player himself gives this statement to the media, through his translator: "Where am I? I... this can't be happening. Have I gone mad? I've gone mad, haven't I? Have I? Have I gone mad? Have I? Help."   Transfer Day Updates are written by Laurence howarth

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COMEDY AND MULTIPLATFORM Published: 23/08/12
  Up in Edinburgh, the BBC's College of Production (COP) has been talking to comedians about online shennanigans. The COP's Catherine Scott writes... Yesterday saw four of comedy's bright new stars share their thoughts on how to be 'funny and multiplatform', during BBC College of Production's live podcast from the BBC Edinburgh Festival base in Potterow. The panel consisted of Daniel Berg, th...

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NEW JASON BYRNE SITCOM 'FATHER FIGURE' Published: 09/08/12
  BBC One has commissioned a pilot of Father Figure, a new sitcom created, written by and starring the stand-up comedian Jason Byrne, to go into production early next year. Jason Byrne plays married father Tom. He tries to be the best dad he can to his two sons, but bad luck and his extended family are always upsetting his plans. Jason will be accompanied by Pauline McLynn (Father Ted), Michael ...

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THE THICK OF IT RETURNS Published: 12/07/12
  Armando Iannucci's award-winning political comedy series The Thick Of It returns to BBC Two this autumn. Coalition rows take their place alongside Government embarrassment, ministerial cock-ups, backroom deals, policy U-turns, spin-doctoring, political back-stabbing and wild media speculation Roger Allam returns as Peter Mannion MP, the new Secretary of State for The Department of Social Affai...

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FEED MY FUNNY EXCLUSIVES Published: 02/07/12
Last month YouTube celebrated its 7th birthday. Hulu, the largest legal TV streaming service in the US, will be 5 in August (It's four months older than iPlayer). There's been much talk in the US recently about online video "growing up". Google's decision to foster partnerships with content producers, starting with its YouTube Partner Program, has now seen the launch of premium video channels....

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IT'S KEVIN Published: 19/06/12
If you were visitng the internet yesterday, you may have heard about our new show for 2013 It's Kevin, starring and written by comedian Kevin Eldon. You may have heard that it's sketches, it's songs, it's characters, it's guests, and it's a man who's old enough to know better mucking about, with help from a number of his comedy friends. What you have probably not heard until reading it just now is...

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BBC SET FOR FESTIVAL FRINGE AT EDINBURGH 2012 Published: 31/05/12
We're going back to the Fringe! This summer, we'll pick up from where we left off last year when all our Fringe action came together under one roof. Expect even more performances and shows from across our site on TV, on radio and online. We're going the extra mile at the Fringe this year, hosting an overnight Comedy Marathon. BBC Three will start an epic overnight journey with a specially bil...

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MAKING THE MATT LUCAS AWARDS Published: 11/05/12
Ashley Blaker, series producer, co-creator & co-writer of The Matt Lucas Awards stopped by Comedy Towers to talk to us about making the final episode of series one. Everyone was very excited about making this episode of The Matt Lucas Awards and there was a fun end-of-term feel around the studio. For starters it was the final recording of an incredibly intense period that should have carried...

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LEAKED EMAILS: 'THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH'? Published: 29/03/12
Twenty Twelve is returning to our screens on Friday at 10pm on BBC Two. With the official announcement this week that the Olympic site is coming along nicely, the Twenty Twelve Deliverance team have been working around the clock to ensure that the games go off without a hitch. Unfortunately, Graham must have left his computer unlocked, as we've been forwarded some e-mails that Ian might not wan...

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CHRIS REDDY - HOW TO WRITE A SITCOM Published: 27/03/12
Pramface writer, Chris Reddy, stopped by to give us some top tips and insight into the world of sitcom writing: Hello. I've been asked to do a blog about my writing experiences on Pramface, so here goes... In brief, an average day would consist of me sitting in a room, staring at a white board covered with illegible scribbles, grinding out pages of scripts late into the night to ever dimini...

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TWENTY TWELVE IS BACK! Published: 23/03/12
Yep, that's right. Twenty Twelve is returning to our screens at 10pm on Friday 30th March on BBC Two. This series the pressure mounts as the Olympic Deliverance team try to navigate their way through such delicate issues as how to handle the Algerian team's demand for a mosque in the Olympic village, and how to carry out a Legacy Audit on the rival bids for the Stadium when no one knows what ...

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