Seinfeld's Mr Wilhelm dies at 87
Richard Herd had a five-decade screen career
27/05/2020 … Richard Herd, a veteran character actor who appeared in 11 episodes of Seinfeld, has died at the age of 87.
Wed 27 May 2020
Jimmy Fallon apologises for blacking up
Comic impersonated Chris Rock in a 2000 SNL sketch
27/05/2020 … Jimmy Fallon has apologised for blacking up in a Saturday Night Live skit from 20 yearsago.
Tue 26 May 2020
Edinburgh’s Free Festival set to go online
26/05/2020 … Organisers of Edinburgh’s Free Festival have announced plans to recreate this year’s event online.
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas on Netflix
26/05/2020 … Despite the core premise of the remarkable Nanette, Hannah Gadsby did not turn her back on stand-up.
Which animal goes missing in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?
26/05/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Iain Stirling joins Celebrity Gogglebox
With his partner Laura Whitmore
26/05/2020 … Iain Stirling and his girlfriend Laura Whitmore are to appear in the new series of Celebrity Gogglebox.
© BBC ‘Fleabag was amazing, but we don’t need another one'
Ellie White says TV execs just want to carbon-copy the hits
26/05/2020 … TV executives are hoping to replicate the groundbreaking success Fleabag … by slavishly copying the same format.
Mon 25 May 2020
Pretty Funny by Rebecca Elliott
25/05/2020 … A tale about the transformative power of comedy, at least for the social misfits who perform it, Pretty Funny is the first young adult novel from kids’ author…