Colin Mochrie has emergency eye surgery
03/01/2026 … Whose Line Is It Anyway star Colin Mochrie is undergoing emergency surgery for a detached retina.
2026 Archives
Sat 03 January 2026
© BBC Richard Osman changed my career
Vittorio Angelone credits podcast shout-out as a turning point
03/01/2026 … Vittorio Angelone says a generous shout-out from TV mogul Richard Osman acted as a ‘light switch moment,’ to turbocharge his career.
© Avalon / C4 Officially revealed: The contestants in series 21 of Taskmaster
Including the second US-based comedian
03/01/2026 … The names of the contestants in the next series of Taskmaster have been officially announced.
Fri 02 January 2026
John Mulrooney dies at 67
Comic took over Fox's Late Show from Joan Rivers
02/01/2026 … American stand-up and TV host John Mulrooney has died suddenly at his home in New York state at the age of 67.
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Review of the new sitcom from some of the Mrs Brown's Boys team
02/01/2026 … News of a new sitcom from some of those culpable for Mrs Brown’s Boys was never going to be greeted with unalloyed joy by comedy cognoscenti.