© Bury Council Comic's baffled fans say the planned statue looks nothing like her
27/01/2019 … Bury council has revealed what the new statue of Victoria Wood will look like - and fans are not impressed.
Playing a US talk show host in a film from Mindy Kaling
27/01/2019 … A new movie starring Emma Thompson as a late-night US talk show is coming to Amazon Prime.
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
26/01/2019 … ‘Don’t expect the sweet and innocent comedian from Britain’s Got Talent,’ says Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley, winner of last year’s competition.
26/01/2019 … This week's comedy on demand.
© Sanjeev Bhaskar/Twitter ...as recalled by Sanjeev Bhaskar
26/01/2019 … A career in comedy means you can get to meet your heroes, as Sanjeev Bhaskar has been recalling.
Comic reveals a bizarre bit of political correctness
26/01/2019 … Nervous BBC chiefs once forced Russell Howard to rewrite a joke – in case it offended fundamentalist Islamist terrorists.
Bury town planners agree to bronze tribute
25/01/2019 … A statue to honour Victoria Wood is to be erected close to Bury library, the local council has agreed.
25/01/2019 … Tweets of the weekThe inventor of Magic Eye pictures is getting a divorce, apparently she was seeing someone behind his back.
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