Iain Stirling starts filming Race Against The Tide
New competitive sand sculpure series for the BBC
17/05/2025 … Iain Stirling has started filming Race Against The Tide, the sand sculpture competition he is hosting for BBC Two.
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Sat 17 May 2025
Lucas and Walliams wrote a Cliff Richard musical
But the Bachelor Boy vetoed the idea
17/05/2025 … Matt Lucas and David Walliams wrote a musical based on Cliff Richard’s songs – only for the pop star to veto the project.
Fri 16 May 2025
New trailer for Jesse Armstrong's Mountainhead
And he's still in the world of the super-rich
16/05/2025 … Sky has released the official trailer for Mountainhead the new film written and directed by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.
PBH Free Fringe launches a London festival
16/05/2025 … Organisers of Edinburgh’s PBH Free Fringe are launching a three-day mini-festival in London.
Frank Skinner gets married
Secret wedding to his partner of 24 years, agent Cath Mason
16/05/2025 … Frank Skinner has secretly married his long-term girlfriend.
How Flight of the Conchords nearly got kicked out of the Edinburgh Fringe
For touting tickets to their own debut
16/05/2025 … Flight of the Conchords could have been booted out of their first Edinburgh Fringe for touting their own tickets, fellow comic David O’Doherty has revealed.
Thu 15 May 2025
© Channel 4 Channel 4 orders a new school-based sitcom
Based on writer Delia-René Donaldson’s real experiences
15/05/2025 … Channel 4 has ordered a new sitcom based on writer Delia-René-Donaldson’s real experiences working in pastoral care at an inner-city London academy.
© BBC Studios Timothy Spall: 'Tragedy is a piece of piss'
15/05/2025 … He’s received plenty of acclaim and accolades for heavyweight drama roles over the years – but Timothy Spall says ‘tragedy is a piece of piss’……