Phoenix Nights stars head back to the club where it was filmed
25th anniversary tour visits Bolton
05/09/2026 … Some of the cast of Phoenix Nights are returning to the club where the sitcom was filmed for a live show.
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Sat 05 September 2026
© The Comedy Unit BBC Scotland axes The Chief
No third series for Jack Docherty comedy
05/09/2026 … BBC Scotland has axed police sitcom The Chief.
Fri 04 September 2026
Russell Howard reveals his son died hours after birth
As comedian and his wife set up a charity in his memory
04/09/2026 … Russell Howard has revealed that his and his wife Cerys’s son, Felix, died just hours after being born.
© Studiocanal/Alamy Richard O'Sullivan dies at 82
Man About The House and Robin's Nest star
04/09/2026 … Sitcom star Richard O'Sullivan, best known for playing lovable chef-in-training Robin Tripp in Man About the House and Robin's Nest, has died…
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Red Dwarf's Rob Grant left £930,000
04/09/2026 … Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant left his wife more than £930,000 in his will, probate records reveal.
© BBC Wales Mammoth gets a US remake
Fox orders a series based on Mike Bubbins sitcom
04/09/2026 … Mike Bubbins’s BBC sitcom Mammoth is getting a US remake.
Thu 03 September 2026
Inside No9 Blu-ray box set to be released
All 55 episodes and loads of extras
03/09/2026 … All 55 episodes of Inside No.