Paul Whitehouse to star in Only Fools And Horses
As the sitcom is turned into a West End musical
08/10/2018 … Paul Whitehouse is to play Granddad in a new musical stage version of Only Fools And Horses.
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Mon 08 October 2018
Sun 07 October 2018
Graham Linehan given harassment warning
Writer in row with trans woman
07/10/2018 … Graham Linehan has been given a verbal warning by police for alleged harassment following a row on Twitter with a transgender woman.
Stewart Francis rides off into the punset....
The best of the week's live comedy
07/10/2018 … The week's best live comedy.
Extended special for This Country
The week’s best comedy on TV and radio..
07/10/2018 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.
Laura Monmoth scoops 'breaking talent' prize
Success at Birmingham Comedy Festival
07/10/2018 … Laura Monmoth has won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2018.
Billy Connolly: I want a grand funeral parade
Comic talks death, Robin Williams and his hopes of returning to stand-up
07/10/2018 … Billy Connolly has said he would like a grand funeral procession through the streets of Glasgow when he dies.
Sat 06 October 2018
Seann Walsh wows the Strictly judges
...but his off-screen antics make the papers
06/10/2018 … Seann Walsh has undergone a remarkable turnaround in his Strictly Come Dancing fortunes.
© BBC Groundbreaking comedy writer Ray Galton dies at 88
'The laughter will last for evermore'
06/10/2018 … Comedy writing legend Ray Galton died at the age of 88, his family has announced.