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© BBC/Merman/Natalie Seery Good showing for Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel too
26/12/2025 … The Amandaland Christmas special and Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel made the top ten most popular TV shows on Christmas Day.
© Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo Fresh accusations of rape and sexual assault
23/12/2025 … Russell Brand has been charged with another count of rape and another count of sexual assault.
Campaigners were trying to get the comedian cancelled
23/12/2025 … A judge has thrown out a case against Reginald D Hunter brought by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
Show repeated 25 times over a day, with commentary
23/12/2025 … Rob Auton is streaming his stand-up special The Time Show for 24 hours from 8am on December 28.
© Netflix / Matt Crockett According to the latest accounts for one of his companies
23/12/2025 … Ricky Gervais’s main company saw its value grow by £1.
© BBC 'He’s cooking food of the people'
23/12/2025 … Iain Stirling was named Celebrity MasterChef’s Christmas champion last night by judges Grace Dent and John Torode.
His reading of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
22/12/2025 … The last acting job Tony Slattery ever had is to be released this week.
'From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,' comic will say
22/12/2025 … US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to deliver The Alternative Christmas message airing on Channel 4.
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