Fri 22 January 2016
Harry Hill leads new batch of iPlayer comedies
Funny Valentines 2016 announced
22/01/2016 … Harry Hill, Stephen Mangan and Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray are to make new shorts for the BBC iPlayer.
Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure Reloaded
22/01/2016 … Travel broadens the mind, so they say, but Eddie Izzard’s centuries-spanning breadth of subject matter was already impressive, even before speeding his Force Majeure…
© Christopher William Adach/Creative Commons Julie Walters joins sex-case drama
Alongside Robbie Coltrane as a comedian under scrutiny
22/01/2016 … Julie Walters and Andrea Riseborough are to join Robbie Coltrane in a new Channel 4 drama about a fading comedian caught up in an Operation Yewtree-style police…
Hey critics, maybe sometimes satire isn't meant to be taken at face value
Andrew Doyle defends the nuance of Charlie Hebdo
22/01/2016 … I’ve always wanted to write about football.
'Seriously, give me a clown on the table'
22/01/2016 … •‘Nothing that is mere wordplay is ever witty, so the man who makes puns must do all his own laughing.
© BBC BBC comedy loses its second exec this week
Ben Farrell goes back to indie Objective
22/01/2016 … The BBC’s in-house comedy department has lost its second executive in a week.
Legal victory for Bill Cosby
22/01/2016 … Bill Cosby has won a legal victory in his battle against a flurry of sexual abuse allegations.