Sat 10 October 2020
Fri 09 October 2020
MBE for Comedy School founder Keith Palmer
Honour for services to charity and entertainment
09/10/2020 … The founder of the Comedy School, which uses stand-up for social good, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours.
'Newman' wants you to vote
Seinfeld character hits back at Trump's assault on the mail
09/10/2020 … A certain ‘friendly local mail carrier’ that Seinfeld fans might recognise has recorded an important public-service announcement.
© cottonbro You know what makes me angry...?
09/10/2020 … Tweets of the week "I'm afraid this line dance is dead" "What was the cause of death?" "An over dosey-doe".
Channel 4 pulls IT Crowd episode over transphobia
...and writer Graham Linehan is furious
09/10/2020 … Graham Linehan has reacted angrily after Channel 4 removed an episode of the IT Crowd that has been widely condemned as transphobic.
Virtual gigs for Dear Joan and Jericha duo
Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine to appear in character
09/10/2020 … Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine are to perform live as their Dear Joan and Jericha alter-egos for the first time.
Second series for The Amelia Gething Complex
BBC's teen sketch show to return in 2021
09/10/2020 … The BBC has ordered a second series of its teen-orientated sketch show The Amelia Gething Complex.
How the Comic Strip changed Nicholas Parsons
'He was funnier after Mr Jolly'
09/10/2020 … Nicholas Parsons became a changed man after he took part in the anarchic Comic Strip film Mr Jolly Lives Next Door his co-star Adrian Edmondson said.