© BBC Stephanie Cole dies at 84
Star of Waiting For God and Cabin Pressure
18/09/2026 … Stephanie Cole – whose comedy roles included Waiting For God, Cabin Pressure and Open All Hours – has died at the age of 84.
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Fri 18 September 2026
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Publisher drops David Walliams back catalogue
18/09/2026 … HarperCollins will no longer print any of David Walliams’s back catalogue of children’s books.
Another chapter in the Goodnight Sweetheart saga
New novel picks up Gary Sparrow's story
18/09/2026 … Gary Sparrow, the time-travelling bigamist at the centre of BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, is continuing his adventures following a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Radio 4 isn't going without Alan Davies
Comic's factual series returns
18/09/2026 … Alan Davies’ Radio 4 series Life Without is to return for a second series.
Jake Bhardwaj to host the British Podcast Awards
Accolades now in their tenth year
18/09/2026 … Jake Bhardwaj is to host this year’s British Podcast Awards, organisers have announced.
© Matt Crockett Joel Dommett writes a script about his catfishing scam
Comic says it's 'cathartic' to write about blackmail attempt
18/09/2026 … Joel Dommett is writing a TV script based on the time he was blackmailed in a catfishing scam.
Thu 17 September 2026
Amazon axes Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show
Would You Rather? dropped after one series
17/09/2026 … Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show Would You Rather: Decide To Survive has reportedly been axed after one season.
John Thomson to play Scrooge
As Christmas Carol adaptation heads to Salford
17/09/2026 … John Thomson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production of A Christmas Carol at the Salford Lowry this Christmas.