© Peabody Awards/CC BY-SA 2.0 by Chris Lamb of Indiana University
15/02/2024 … On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program Saturday Night – it had not yet changed its name to Saturday…
Accuser has ‘faulty memory', his lawyers say
15/02/2024 … Russell Brand has denied sexually assaulting a woman on the set of his movie Arthur in 2010, saying his accuser has a ‘faulty memory’.
Jason Byrne, Susie McCabe, Jessie Cave and more
15/02/2024 … Assembly Festival has announced its first shows for the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.
Angela Barnes is immortalised in car parts
15/02/2024 … Angela Barnes has been immortalised in a portrait – made entirely from scrap car parts.
© BBC 'Sadly just a rumour' co-creator says
15/02/2024 … Ruth Jones has poured cold water on reports that Gavin & Stacey is to return for another Christmas special.
The skit that ultimately led to his ban for antisemitism
15/02/2024 … Here’s the moment Paul Currie produces a Palestinian flag on stage, triggering a series of events that led him to be banned from the Soho Theatre for antisemitism.
© Independent / Alamy Stock Photo ...before he created Only Fools And Horses
15/02/2024 … A script of an unseen sketch show that comedy writer John Sullivan was planning before Only Fools And Horses has been unearthed.
14/02/2024 … Here’s Alasdair Beckett-King’s take on every epic quest ever… Runcorn the Wizard has a quest for you: ‘to save your sister-wife the sister…
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