© John McMurtrie Sandcastling with Rod Stewart
26/06/2026 … For anyone who's witnessed Ross Noble’s elaborate set designs, it ought to come as no surprise that he fancies himself as a master sandcastle builder.
Fri 26 June 2026
© John McMurtrie 
The free-speech warrior who made up his war stories
Mark Normand admits his story of defiance against woke Netflix execs was all a lie
26/06/2026 … Striking a bold blow for free speech, comic Mark Normand defended a joke about Muslims from Netflix censors who wanted to cut it, having been cowed by bomb threats…
© Netflix Ray Winstone to star in action comedy Danger Money
As an ex-SAS man coaxed out of retirement
26/06/2026 … Ray Winstone is to star in a new action comedy series for Amazon’s Prime Video platform.
Chris McCausland joins Absolute Radio
Comic takes over Sunday morning slot with fellow stand-up Jon Long
26/06/2026 … Chris McCausland is to host a new Sunday morning show on Absolute Radio, the station has announced.
Jenny Eclair writes The Book Of Nanas
With her podcast co-host Judith Holder
26/06/2026 … Jenny Eclair is writing a book about becoming a grandmother with her Grumpy Old Women co-creator Judith Holder.
Thu 25 June 2026
The Paper returns to Sky
10 new episodes to drop in September
25/06/2026 … American sitcom The Paper is set to return to Sky for a second season on September 10 All ten episodes will drop at the same time – 24…
© BBC Bottom guide released as an audiobook
Read by the sitcom's, barman, Lee Cornes
25/06/2026 … Lee Cornes – who played pub landlord Dick Head in Bottom – has recorded an audiobook guide to the Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson sitcom.
© Johan Persson The Truth
Review of a revived farce in the West End
25/06/2026 … The set for The Truth, the latest farce to hit the West End, is austere – stripped back to the minimum needed to convey what it must.