A tight 5: December 2

Daniel Kitson is to return to the National Theatre with his new show, Analog.Ue, from February 25. He is currently performing the ‘show about a pre-recorded story’ in Brooklyn, and tickets for the London run go on sale on December 12. He previously performed his acclaimed one-man show It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later there in late 2011.

SKETCH trio Pappy’s are to host BBC Three’s annual look at Great Movie Mistakes, taking over from Robert Webb. Last year’s show was the channel’s highest rated original commission over Christmas, reaching just over 1million viewers. Producer Adam Mclean said: ‘We’re absolutely thrilled and delighted to have Pappy’s on board as the new presenters – truly the greatest comedy threesome since Michael Fassbender’s in Shame’. The show airs on December 11.

CHARLIE BROOKER says there is likely to be a third series of his Black Mirror films, but he can’t say when because scheduling issues have held them back. He told Digital Spy: ‘We should be doing some more. There's a bit of a delay. Annoyingly. That I can't go into.’

THE BOY With A Camera For A Face, the short film directed by comedian Spencer Brown, has become eligible for an Oscar, after winning the ‘best of the fest’ accolades for short films at the St Louis International Film Festival awards – one of the ‘qualifying awards’ which means the Academy will consider it for the coveted statuette.

THOUSANDS of copies of David Walliams’s kids’ book The Slightly Annoying Elephant are being reprinted after the ship carrying around 30,000 copies from Britain from China was hit by storms. The Maersk Salina lost several containers of assorted cargo in the Bay of Biscayafter being hit by storms off the coast of Brittany .

Published: 2 Dec 2013