Rik Mayall's 'last great character'
20/02/2015 … An audio comedy written by Rik Mayall is to be broadcast for the first time on what would have been the comedian's 57th birthday.
Fri 20 February 2015
© Toby Hancock/Rex Rowan Atkinson to play Maigret
French detective revived for two ITV films
20/02/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is to play French detective Jules Maigret in two two-hour films for ITV.
© funkypancake.com Nigel Havers joins BBC One's Stop⁄Start
20/02/2015 … Nigel Havers has joined the cast of BBC One sitcom pilot Stop/Start.
© BBC Radio 1 Dapper Laughs was a victim of 'bullying'
Defiant Daniel O'Reilly hits back
20/02/2015 … Daniel O’Reilly has said he was ‘bullied’ out of performing as Dapper Laughs – and that his freedom of speech was ‘100 per cent’ violated by the media…
Parks and Rec writer found dead
Suspected drug overdose for Harris Wittels
20/02/2015 … A comedian who wrote on Parks and Recreation has been found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 30.
Thu 19 February 2015
Midlands Tonight
19/02/2015 … A little friendly local rivalry surrounds the Midlands Tonight showcase, as a battalion of new and newish comics from the West Midlands encroach on the biggest…