© Netflix Ricky Gervais makes the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
21/05/2025 … Ricky Gervais will be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.
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Wed 21 May 2025
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© NBC Cheers cast pay tribute to George Wendt after Norm actor dies at 76
'Impeccable comedic timing and a deep loyalty to those he loved'
21/05/2025 … George Wendt’s Cheers co-stars have paid tribute to their colleague after he died at the age of 76 yesterday.
© The Galton and Simpson estates Save the Galton and Simpson archive!
Fundraising drive to preserve the collection of comedy writing giants
21/05/2025 … A fundraising campaign has been launched to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the scriptwriting duo behind Steptoe and Son and Hancock’s…
© Channel 4 Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie team up for Irish travelogue
Channel 4 series funded by tourist board
21/05/2025 … Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie have toured Ireland for a new Channel 4 series.
Tue 20 May 2025
© Prime Video Rebecca Humphries writes her first novel
Maiden, Mother, Crone is a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star
20/05/2025 … Writer, actor and comedian Rebecca Humphries has signed a book deal for her debut novel.
Operation Mincemeat release Dear Bill single
Closing track from their West End and Broadway hit
20/05/2025 … The closing track of the Broadway and West End hit Operation Mincemeat has been released as a single today.
Comics bring an updated Dunciad to the stage
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
John Kearns and Penny Dreadfuls trio take on Sherlock Holms
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.