Thu 29 February 2024
Sioned Wiliam set to clean up S4C
Former comedy executive takes over at troubled Welsh broadcaster
29/02/2024 … Former comedy commissioner Sioned Wiliam has been appointed interim chief executive of S4C.
More comics join Latitude 2024
Including Sam Campbell, Seann Walsh and Desiree Burch
29/02/2024 … Sam Campbell, Seann Walsh and Desiree Burch have been added to the line-up of this year’s Latitude festival.
© BBC/Hat Trick BBC 'planning Have I Got Sport For You'
Top comedians attached to HIGNFY spinoff
29/02/2024 … The BBC is working on a spin-off from Have I Got News For You – all about sport.
Celebrating the Comic Strip Presents
Richard Herring hosts screening and Q&A with Peter Richardson
29/02/2024 … The Comic Strip Presents films are to be celebrated at a special event in London next month.
© Johan Persson Paul Whitehouse reprises Granddad role
As Only Fools And Horses musical tours the UK
29/02/2024 … Paul Whitehouse is to reprise his role as Grandad in the touring version of Only Fools and Horses The Musical.
Wed 28 February 2024
© HBO Richard Lewis dies at 76
Pioneering stand-up and Curb Your Enthusiasm star
28/02/2024 … Richard Lewis, the hugely respected stand-up who played a fictionalised version of himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died at the age of 76.
Glasgow Wonka experience tour guide doesn't give a f***
28/02/2024 … You may have seen the news stories about the parents who complained that an immersive Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow was far from the magical world of the movie.