'You inevitably get steered towards writing about your identity'
Nick Mohammed on the media industry's limited take on diversity
17/10/2025 … Nick Mohammed has renewed his calls for greater representation of minority groups in TV and film.
Fri 17 October 2025
White Male Stand-Up, by Alan Davies
17/10/2025 … Five years ago, Alan Davies revealed in his powerful and sometimes distressing memoir Just Ignore Him that he had been sexually abused by his father as a child.
Brenda Gilhooly writes her first novel
A comic tale of a woman's out-of-control lie
17/10/2025 … Comedian Brenda Gilhooly has written her first novel.
Sharifa Butterfly's AI wedding speech
17/10/2025 … Sharifa Butterfly got ChatGPT to write her wedding speech… and it didn’t entirely go to plan.
© Mitchells/BBC Victor Meldrew's house sells for £337,500
TV links did little for its value
17/10/2025 … Victor Meldrew’s house has sold for its asking price of £337,500.
Naked Gun's 'Ted Olson' dies at 98
Actor Ed Williams also appeared in Father Of The Bride
17/10/2025 … Ed Williams, who played the deadpan forensic scientist Ted Olson in Police Squad! and the Naked Gun movies, has died aged 98.
Thu 16 October 2025
Arthur Askey’s archive goes under the hammer
Memorabilia from the BBC's first comedy star
16/10/2025 … Arthur Askey’s lifetime collection of showbiz memorabilia is set to go under the hammer next month.
English speakers can't speak English
16/10/2025 … Sean 'Foil' Finegan tries to explain the rules of English to his foreign co-worker in the latest Foil Arms and Hog sketch.