How Stewart Lee mocked 'Hulk' Boris – two years ago
19/09/2019 … Stewart Lee ridiculed Boris Johnson for being like the Incredible Hulk – more than two years before his widely-reported comments this week.
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Sue Perkins to host nature-based Radio 4 show
Pilot to be taped at London Zoo
19/09/2019 … Sue Perkins is to host a Radio 4 show based on the natural world.
© BBC Guz Khan offers a leg-up into TV
Comic seeks working-class trainees for Man Like Mobeen
19/09/2019 … Man Like Mobeen star Guz Khan is spearheading a new training scheme to help get more working-class people into TV.
First look at Mo Gilligan's Momentum special
19/09/2019 … Netflix has released the first clip for Mo Gilligan's first stand-up special.
Cast announced for Pegg & Frost's Truth Seekers
Including Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt and Kevin Eldon
19/09/2019 … Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma and Julian Barratt have joined the cast of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s forthcoming Amazon Prime series, Truth Seekers.
© Amanda Searle Michael Palin joins Worzel Gummidge cast
Along with Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoe Wanamaker
19/09/2019 … Michael Palin, Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoë Wanamaker have been cast in Mackenzie Crook’s modern-day adaptation of Worzel Gummidge.
© BBC Ray Galton left £2.2million
19/09/2019 … It’s a long way from the rag and bone men he wrote about… Steptoe & Son writer Ray Galton left more than £2million in his will, it has…
180! Mel Giedroyc joins darts comedy
Play being developed by top West End producer
19/09/2019 … Mel Giedroyc has joined the cast of a Fringe comedy play about darts being developed by a top West End producer, Chortle can reveal The comic and former Bake…