Wed 25 January 2017
© BBC/Stephen Perry/Wall to Wall Greg Davies is descended from royalty
Revelation on Who Do You Think You Are?
25/01/2017 … Greg Davies has discovered that he is descended from royalty.
RIP, America's sitcom queen
25/01/2017 … Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.
Geoff Norcott to appear on Question Time
25/01/2017 … Tory comedian Geoff Norcott is to appear on Question Time tomorrow.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Country cousins
BBC Three rural mockumentary from Daisy May and Charlie Cooper
25/01/2017 … Character comic siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have landed their own BBC Three sitcom.
© Tim Downie/Twitter Noel Fielding films Upstart Crow role
25/01/2017 … NOEL FIELDING is to appear in the next series of Ben Elton’s Shakespearean sitcom Upstart Crow.
Al Porter signs big radio deal
Daily show on Ireland's Today FM
25/01/2017 … Al Porter is to present his own radio show in Ireland.
He died saving others from Arctic storm
Posthumous gallantry honour for comedy promoter
25/01/2017 … The comedy promoter who died on an Arctic expedition has been honoured for sacrificing his life to protect the other members of his group.