Fawlty Towers' health inspector dies
05/04/2019 … John Quarmby, who played the unimpressed health inspector in Fawlty Towers, had died at the age of 89.
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Fri 05 April 2019
© BBC Alan Partridge to front an epic history of Britain
05/04/2019 … Alan Partridge's forthcoming series is a Simon Schama-style historical documentary of Britain, Chortle can reveal.
Rhod Gilbert quits his Radio Wales show
Demands of stand-up prove too much
05/04/2019 … Rhod Gilbert is leaving BBC Radio Wales after 13 years to return to stand-up.
Roy Chubby Brown mourns his son
'A lost soul who has finally found peace'
05/04/2019 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown is in mourning after his son died at the age of 45.
Thu 04 April 2019
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton to share his favourite funny stories
In a new anthology book out this autumn
04/04/2019 … Paul Merton has selected 100 of his favourite funny short stories for a new anthology to be published later this year.
© BBC 'Ban Frankie Boyle for his sick IRA joke'
...says terror survivor Lord Tebbit
04/04/2019 … Norman Tebbit has called on Frankie Boyle to be banned from the BBC for joking that he wished the IRA would murder leading Tories.
More festivals reveal their comedy line-ups
04/04/2019 … The Green Man and the Lost Village Festivals have announced their comedy line-line-ups The Last Laugh bill at Green Man – which takes place in the…
Who's on the Reserve list?
Pleasance announces its showcase line-up
04/04/2019 … The Pleasance has announced the line up for its annual Comedy Reserve showcase at the Fringe.