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Royston Vasey signs up for auction
16/06/2021 … A collection of signs from the original League of Gentlemen TV series is going under the hammer next week.
Wed 16 June 2021
© BBC The elephant in the ballroom...
Viewers complained about Bill Bailey's phoney pachyderm
16/06/2021 … Bill Bailey’s appearance on Strictly Come Dancing prompted some rather odd complaints to the BBC, the comedian has revealed.
© C4 Mae Martin signs 'first look' deal with Objective Fiction
Comic is working on a new comedy-drama for Netflix
16/06/2021 … Mae Martin has signed a ‘first look’ deal with major production house Objective Fiction for future writing projects.
Yes, comedy is more careful not to cause offence now... but why is that such a bad thing?
Chortle editor Steve Bennett on the Jennifer Saunders 'culture war' row
16/06/2021 … Time was when The Sun would have hated alternative comedy and all it stood for, banishing traditional gags about Irishmen, mothers-in-law and the poofs to the dustbin…
Spitting Image: Trailer for series 2
Returning to BritBox this autumn
16/06/2021 … Nicola Sturgeon gives Boris Johnson a 'Glasgow kiss' in this brief trailer for the new series of Spitting Image.
My Bardy-Wardy
Russell Brand does Shakespeare
16/06/2021 … Russell Brand is to film a one-man theatre show about Shakespeare.
Jennifer Saunders fuels the culture wars
Ab Fab stars says 'woke' concerns 'stop a lot of the fun'
16/06/2021 … As a pioneer of the alternative comedy movement that banished old-school racist and sexist comedy from the mainstream, you might expect Jennifer Saunders to be alert…
Tue 15 June 2021
Trying to get the deposit for your flat back
15/06/2021 … Stevie Martin is trying to get the deposit back on her flat - and it isn't quite as easy as she hoped.