Street is named after Ken Dodd
Blackpool road will Avenue name...
21/09/2026 … Blackpool has renamed one of its streets after Ken Dodd.
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© BBC BBC pulls blackface sketches from That Mitchell and Webb Look
Overkill, or a problem to be addressed?
20/09/2026 … The BBC has been accused of ‘overkill’ after cutting sketches referencing racism and racial stereotypes from That Mitchell and Webb Look – including…
Friends rally to bring Rumpel home
Aussie clown also known as Jolly Goodfellow died in LA
20/09/2026 … Friends of street entertainer and globetrotting fool Jolly Goodfellow have raised more than £16,000 to return his remains – and his possessions…
Iain Stirling joins The Traitors US
Comic is among the contestants in next Peacock series
20/09/2026 … Iain Stirling is swapping Love Island for The Traitors – in America.
© BBC/Avalon Not Going Out celebrates 20 years
The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
20/09/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© BBC Studios Two Doors Down becomes a stage play
20/09/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,422 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC/Guy Levy Mixed reviews for Josh Widdicombe's Strictly debut
Comic looked out of place... but thrilled to be there, critics note
20/09/2026 … Josh Widdicombe got mixed reviews for his first show co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing last night.
Sat 19 September 2026
© Netflix What happens in The Inbetweeners 3?
Spoilers revealed as on-set photos emerge
19/09/2026 … Details of the third Inbetweeners movie have been revealed as photos from the set make today's tabloids.