A tight 5: June 22

TWO of the stars of ITV comedy Vicious are to be the subjects of the next series of BBC One's Why Do You Think You Are? Frances de la Tour and Sir Derek Jacobi will have their family trees examined, as will League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss when the show returns this summer. Paul Hollywood, Jerry Hall, Anne Reid, Jane Seymour, Gareth Malone, Frank Gardner and Anita Rani are the other subjects.

FRANKIE BOYLE is set to host the Edinburgh TV Awards at this year's TV Festival in August, organisers have announced. The comic made waves at last year's TV festival when he blasted TV for playing it safe – and calling on the BBC to sack the 'cultural tumour' that is Jeremy Clarkson.

THE John Bishop Show attracted 3.14million viewers to BBC One on Saturday night – 19 per cent of the total audience. This week's show featured Hal Cruttenden, Jimeoin, TanyaLee Davis and Vikki Stone.

SAM SIMMONS, Judith Lucy, Matt Okine, Nazeem Hussain and Ronny Chieng have all been nominated for best comedy performer at the Helpmann Awards, which recognise excellence in live entertainment in Australia.

AMERICAN sitcom How I Met Your Mother has won the International Audience Award for best comedy at the Monte Carlo TV Festival - despite being off the air for more than a year.

Published: 22 Jun 2015