© BBC/Expectation TV Sophie Willan on success and struggles
24/12/2025 … Sophie Willan has revealed she has named her Baftas after women who inspired her, as she spoke candidly about her upbringing.
© Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo Fresh accusations of rape and sexual assault
23/12/2025 … Russell Brand has been charged with another count of rape and another count of sexual assault.
Campaigners were trying to get the comedian cancelled
23/12/2025 … A judge has thrown out a case against Reginald D Hunter brought by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
Show repeated 25 times over a day, with commentary
23/12/2025 … Rob Auton is streaming his stand-up special The Time Show for 24 hours from 8am on December 28.
© Netflix / Matt Crockett According to the latest accounts for one of his companies
23/12/2025 … Ricky Gervais’s main company saw its value grow by £1.
© BBC Try our weekly trivia quiz... all about pantomimes
23/12/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Merman/Natalie Seery Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders on the Amandaland Christmas special
23/12/2025 … Joanna Lumley joked that she would ‘murder’ her Absolutely Fabulous co-star Jennifer Saunders if she didn’t sign up for the Christmas…
© BBC 'He’s cooking food of the people'
23/12/2025 … Iain Stirling was named Celebrity MasterChef’s Christmas champion last night by judges Grace Dent and John Torode.
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