Kenneth Williams' letters go under the hammer
Carry On star talks about suicide, being a useless understudy and 'idiot' Arthur Scargill
07/11/2019 … Previously unseen letters from Kenneth Williams are to go under the hammer next week.
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Thu 07 November 2019
© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 How Boris Johnson hijacks comedy to oppress
07/11/2019 … Populist right-wing leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have hijacked the subversive ideals of comedy to prop up the unfair status quo, one academic has…
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing gets a third series
Bob and Paul will return to the riverbank
07/11/2019 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Where to see Vic & Bob's new Big Night Out first
07/11/2019 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to launch their second BBC Four series of Big Night Out with a public screening.
'I always like to get a party started'
Susan Calman to host BBC Scotland's Hogmanay celebrations
07/11/2019 … Susan Calman is to front this year’s BBC Scotland Hogmanay output, the broadcaster has announced.
© Joseph Lynn Netflix series for Noel Fielding
07/11/2019 … Noel Fielding is to make a Netflix series about a magic record player.
End of the road for The Jim Jefferies Show
As comic turns his sights to new sitcom
07/11/2019 … Jim Jefferies’ topical Comedy Central show is to come to an end this month.
Wed 06 November 2019
Romesh Ranganathan pilots another sitcom about his life
Comic filmed Parental Guidance this summer
06/11/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan is piloting a semi-autobiographical sitcom for BBC One, Chortle can reveal.