What's wrong with this Simpsons scene?
06/09/2018 … Are The Simpsons time-travellers?That could be the only explanation after Matt Selman, an executive producer on the animated comedy, uncovered a glaring mistake…
2018 Archives
Thu 06 September 2018
US right-winger sues Sacha Baron Cohen
Lawsuit over 'paedophile detector' sketch
06/09/2018 … A right-wing American politician is suing Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation over a prank on his series Who Is America? The comic conducted a spoof interview…
Stephen Fry announces London dates
To launch his new book, Heroes
06/09/2018 … Stephen Fry has announced two dates at London's Eventim Apollo in November.
Britcoms sold around the world
International deals for Peep Show, Detectorists, Plebs and more
06/09/2018 … Peep Show, Detectorists and Plebs are to be seen around the world under a raft of new TV deals.
Wed 05 September 2018
© BBC/Talkback The Luke McQueen Pilots: Britain’s Hidden Vampire Crisis
05/09/2018 … Luke McQueen has earned a reputation for fearless, often confrontational, stand-up, with unpredictable talking-point stunts becoming the hallmark of his Edinburgh…
Adam Kay's tribute to the Man Booker prize
Song lists all the winning authors
05/09/2018 … Adam Kay has recorded a tribute to the Man Booker prize – listing all the authors who have won the literary award in its 50-year history.
Ex-partners trade insults in a new Roast Battle series
Full line-up of Comedy Central's next season revealed
05/09/2018 … Jessie Cave will trade insults with her former boyfriend Alfie Brown in the next series of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle.
© Nathan Cox Early Doors
Theatre review by Steve Bennett at The Lowry, Salford
05/09/2018 … It’s been 14 years since BBC Two called last orders on Early Doors, the low-key pub-based comedy which may have been critically acclaimed, but which never…