Billy Connolly gets knighted
Big Yin heads to Buckingham Palace today
31/10/2017 … Billy Connolly is to receive his knighthood today, just a few weeks before turning 75.
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Tue 31 October 2017
ITV orders more Cold Feet
31/10/2017 … ITV has commissioned an eighth series of Cold Feet.
Mon 30 October 2017
Lisa Casey is the Irish Comedian Of The Year
Taking the crown at Galway Comedy Carnival
30/10/2017 … Lisa Casey – pictured centre – has been crowned Irish Comedian of the Year 2017.
Gina Yashere to tape a Netflix special
Half-hour performance for The Standups series
30/10/2017 … Gina Yashere is to film a half-hour stand-up special for Netflix.
© BBC Found! Missing TIll Death To Us Part episode
Alf Garnett sitcom had been lost for 50 years
30/10/2017 … Another lost episode of controversial Sixties sitcom Till Death Us Do Part has been recovered.
Maria Bamford to make her London debut
Two nights announced for March
30/10/2017 … Maria Bamford is to play her first ever shows in England.
'Bit sick to make this up'
Limmy blasted over Simon Cowell death hoax
30/10/2017 … Limmy has been criticised for tweeting that Simon Cowell had died of a heart attack.
Ed Byrne joins Hitchhikers' Guide
As do Lenny Henry and Jim Broadbent
30/10/2017 … Ed Byrne has joined the cast of the new Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series.