Roy Hudd quits Waiting For God tour
13/04/2017 … Roy Hudd has pulled out of the touring stage version of Waiting For God, on doctors’ orders.
Thu 13 April 2017
BGT judges: We want a comedian to win
Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden root for the stand-ups
13/04/2017 … Two of the Britain’s Got Talent judges say they want a stand-up to win the next series of the talent show.
Matt Lucas film gets a Cannes screening
How To Talk to Girls At Parties
13/04/2017 … A sci-fi rom-com featuring Matt Lucas is to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Imagine! An idiot rising to political power
Tony Hawks picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
13/04/2017 … Divided We Stand: Steptoe and SonThis is a quite brilliant episode.
© BBC Bucket: BBC Four
13/04/2017 … It would be easy to see Bucket almost as a companion piece to its BBC Four stablemate, Detectorists.
Eddie Izzard's memoirs get a release date
13/04/2017 … Eddie Izzard's autobiography Believe Me is to be published in June, several months later than initially planned.
Diane Morgan, the new face of British tourism
Philomena Cunk star fronts £3million ad campaign
13/04/2017 … Diane Morgan has become the new face of British tourism, starring in a £3million campaign to try to woo more American visitors.
A Quarter Past Babes, a feminist track
John Robins's musical past revealed
13/04/2017 … John Robins prides himself on his taste in bands – but now he has revealed that in 2009 he recorded a concept album… called Doing It With Women.