Rob Beckett's Smart TV axed
Sky drops panel show after two seasons
29/08/2025 … Sky has axed Rob Beckett's Smart TV as the panel show format continues to wane.
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Fri 29 August 2025
Romesh Ranganathan's new travelogue to air next month
Comic to 'fact check' his stand-up material
29/08/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan’s latest travelogue series – in which he ‘fact-checks’ his own stand-up material – is to air on Sky next…
© Hugo Glendinning John Cleese plans a second Fawlty Towers stage show
Blending three other classic sitcom episodes
29/08/2025 … John Cleese is planning a second Fawlty Towers stage show following the success of the first.
Thu 28 August 2025
The Tony Hancock episode too offensive for TV
Comic's show will go out on YouTube to avoid the regulators
28/08/2025 … A Tony Hancock show unseen for almost 70 years is to be released on YouTube after being deemed too offensive to air on regular TV.
Trying comes to BBC One
Broadcaster buys Apple TV+’s hit comedy
28/08/2025 … BBC One is to air Apple TV+’s hit comedy Trying.
Michael McIntyre makes his WWE debut
Comic is a masked wrestler in tag-team fight
28/08/2025 … Michael McIntyre has made his WWE debut.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Revealed: Which area of the UK produces the most comedians
...and which produces the least, per capita
28/08/2025 … Merseyside produces more comedians per capita than any other region of the UK.
Wed 27 August 2025
Taskmaster continues its global push
Series 20 will be on YouTube just as soon as it's aired on C4
27/08/2025 … The next series of Taskmaster will drop on YouTube as soon as it’s aired on Channel 4 – so worldwide fans can watch it on the same day as Britons.