© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 Fri 27 December 2019
© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 
Bec Hill mishears Christmas songs
27/12/2019 … Bec Hill made her debut on Jonathan Ross's ITV show this Christmas.
© BBC Clean laughs
Were the University Challenge audience 'rude' to laugh at Lucy Beaumont's qualification?
27/12/2019 … Lucy Beaumont got a laugh on University Challenge last night - but not one she was expected.
You go, gull...
Revealed: The high cost of putting a seagull in your sitcom
27/12/2019 … Most people would consider seagulls an unwelcome seaside intrusion.
This series is more upbeat... but it's not 'Richard Curtis' upbeat
Karl Pilkington on the return of Sick Of It
27/12/2019 … Karl Pilkington returns to Sky One in a second series of Sick If It, playing a middle-aged man – also called Karl haunted by the voice inside his head,…
© Shiny Button 'You don’t see a lot of working class comedy… but this is a world we’re proud of being from'
The stars and creators of King Gary talk about their new BBC sitcom
27/12/2019 … Next year BBC One launches its new sitcom King Gary, following a successful pilot 12 months ago.
Thu 26 December 2019
Tony Britton's ring goes missing in hospital
Son offers to buy it back, 'no questions asked'
26/12/2019 … A signet ring owned by Tony Britton went missing while the late sitcom star was in hospital, his son has said.
Writer of the Friends theme dies
...although Allee Willis penned so much more, too
26/12/2019 … Allee Willis, who wrote the theme tune for Friends, has died aged 72.