'Lost' Morecambe and Wise shows get a DVD release
Wiped episodes tracked down and restored
03/05/2022 … A series of previously lost episodes of The Morecambe and Wise Show is to be released on DVD for the first time.
Tue 03 May 2022
© BBC/Adam Lawrence Inside No 9 to be remade for US audiences
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are executive producers on Amazon adaptation
03/05/2022 … Inside No 9 is set to be remade for American audiences.
© ITV Billy Connolly to receive Bafta fellowship
Honouring his 'remarkable contribution' to TV and film
03/05/2022 … Sir Billy Connolly is to be honoured with the prestigious Bafta Fellowship.
Mon 02 May 2022
Teaser clip for Ricky Gervais: Supernature
02/05/2022 … Ricky Gervais is ironically sexist in the first clip from his new special Supernature.
Stars to celebrate Barry Cryer's remarkable life
02/05/2022 … Some of comedy’s biggest stars are to pay tribute to Barry Cryer at a major celebration of his life next month.
© BBC Steve Coogan: I ripped off Bernard Manning
(Financially... not the act, obviously)
02/05/2022 … Steve Coogan has confessed to ripping off Bernard Manning when he worked at a Manchester petrol station.
Sun 01 May 2022
© Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA/CC BY-SA 2.0 How Gilbert Gottfied found his voice
By voice specialist Erica Tobolski
01/05/2022 … Though Gilbert Gottfried’s voice has alternatively been described as 'shrill', 'annoying' and 'grating', you can’t…
© BBC The Other One returns
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
01/05/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week.