A number of new commissions have been announced by Sky Atlantic with Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow Productions, including two Alan Partridge specials. The two specials will feature alongside the new six part series of Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters.

The new shows are due to be aired in June. Baby Cow are also producing non-Partridge productions for the network, including Hunderby written and starring Julia Davis.

Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, beloved duo of British comedy, are to reunite to voice characters in an animated version of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost.

Fry tweeted last night: “M’coll Hugh Laurie and I are cooking up a project together. We will be working again soon. Sorry to be mysterious but more news when I can.”

Followed by confirmation moments ago: “M’coll Hugh & I will be working together to voice the new animated feature of Oscar Wilde’s THE CANTERVILLE GHOST: twitpic.com/9l9mgm”.

A big congratulations to Get Comedy’s Ian Stone who won the Silver Sony Award last night at the annual Sony Awards…

Rock ‘N’ Roll football in which Ian is a guest presenter and regular contributor was just pipped by disgraced duo Andy Gray and Richard Keys who were sacked from Sky TV in a sexism row two years ago.

Anyways a big up to all the Rock ‘N’ Roll team

Ian Wright – Presenter
Russ Williams – Presenter
Jim Proudfoot – Commentator
Ian Stone – Contributor
Victoria Easton – Producer
Charlie Jones – Producer
Bobby Harrison – Production Assistant
Garry Brown – Studio Management
Paul Sylvester – Executive Producer
Simon Crosse – Executive Producer

Here’s what the Sony judges said about the show:
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Football has come of age with the introduction of live commentary of the Premier League for the first time this year. The team of Ian Wright, Jim Proudfoot, Ian Stone and Russ Williams demonstrate passion and credibility in equal amounts and impressed the judges in the way the producers managed to take the content of the show seriously whilst dovetailing it firmly with the Absolute Radio format.A compelling listen, for sports and non-sports fans alike.”

Catch Ian performing his one-hour solo show at the Udderbelly Festival on Southbank May 31st. For more information CLICK HERE!!!

Following complaints from Stewart Goldsmith over the censorship of his show title Prick (which is to read ‘Pr!ck’ in the Edinburgh Fringe Guide), fellow comedian Richard Herring has joined the row after his show Talking Cock was used as another example of censorship in the guide (‘Talking C*ck’). The complaints come following the publication of previous show titles/blurbs without censorship, including Herring’s own show which was published in full when he first took it to Edinburgh in 2002.

It seems Herring was unaware of the changes, even after seeing proofs, and only realised after it was mentioned alongside Goldsmith’s plight. He took to his blog today, writing: : ‘Today I learned that they’re not only censoring the words in the entry, but also the title of the show AND the advert that I am paying them hundreds of pounds to put in their brochure. Now this has more serious repercussions for me personally, but also for artistic freedom at the greatest Arts Festival in the World.’

‘The worrying thing is that this censorship is not about words, it’s about ideas. Neither my show title or Stuart’s is offensive in itself (Sarah Millican pointed out his show might be about knitting). Somebody who has seen neither show, based on a 40 word entry has made a decision that the public need to be protected from an idea (while actually not protecting them at all in any case). I don’t think this should be happening at an arts festival. This is where people come to have ideas (and sometimes worse than that) thrown at them. To be challenged.

The Fringe Office did not wish to comment.