Tim Vine writes an anthem for Sutton United FC
29/08/2025 … Tim Vine has recorded a new football anthem for his beloved Sutton United.
2025 Archives
Fri 29 August 2025
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.
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
© Aly Wright Shamik Chakrabarti: Despite Appearances
Review of the visiting Indian comedian at Soho Theatre
28/08/2025 … Shamik Chakrabarti’s title, Despite Appearances, suggests we shouldn’t judge a book by a cover, but he seems to be very much the mild-mannered, easy-going…
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.
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 'It sounds so simple to say, but I just think comedies should be funny'
Kiell Smith-Bynoe on joining Mitchell And Webb's new sketch show
28/08/2025 … Ghosts and Taskmaster star Kiell Smith-Bynoe is one of the newer generation of comedians joining David Mitchell and Robert Webb for their new Channel 4 sketch…