© BBC Ronni Ancona on joining EastEnders, years after parodying it
30/12/2025 … Ronni Ancona is heading to EastEnder sto play Bea – Linda Carter’s acquaintance from school.
Social media posts landed comic in trouble
30/12/2025 … Dom Joly says he has been denied entry to the US because of his social media posts.
© Justin Higuchi/CC BY-SA 2.0 Singer Jessie J's stand-up ambitions
30/12/2025 … She once recorded a song called Stand Up – and now that could be Jessie J’s next career move, too.
Plus a knighthood for Roy Clarke
29/12/2025 … Bill Bailey, Meera Syal, Matt Lucas and Paul Chuckle are among those honoured in the new year’s list.
And of causing offence, comic says: 'Do I regret anything? No'
29/12/2025 … Whenever he faces a backlash for his jokes against the likes of trans people, Ricky Gervais has always been very insistent that no topic is off-bounds for comedy.
From her First Born Daughter special
29/12/2025 … Here’s Katherine Ryan talking about her ‘best child’ Violet – and how their relationship has changed since she became a teenager.
29/12/2025 … The Dominion Theatre, sitting with imperial confidence at the top of Tottenham Court Road in Central London, has always felt faintly offended by comedy.
Returning to Comedy Central next month
29/12/2025 … Here’s a trailer for the second series of Rosie Jones's Out Of Order.
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