Back of the net! ITV picks up Tim Vine's football quiz
...with Paul Sinha one of the team captains
05/07/2018 … ITV has ordered a new football-based quiz show, hosted by Tim Vine.
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Thu 05 July 2018
Adam Hills joins The Muppets
Comic to appear in their O2 gigs
05/07/2018 … Adam Hills is to join The Muppets on stage in London next week.
Penny Dreadfuls offer their tilt on Don Quixote
...with Sylvester McCoy in the lead role
05/07/2018 … Sketch troupe The Penny Dreadfuls are to tackle Don Quixote in their next Radio 4 special – and former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy is to take the title role.
Cast named for Ricky Gervais’s After Life
With 'the best of the new breed of great British comedy talent'
05/07/2018 … The full cast has been unveiled for Ricky Gervais’s new Netflix comedy series, After Life.
© BBC/Fremantle Media/Talkback Another QI fact book announced
05/07/2018 … The seventh annual QI book – 2,024 Facts to Stop You In Your Tracks – is to be published in October after Faber & Faber acquired the rights.
Ellie Taylor joins Heart radio
05/07/2018 … Comedian Ellie Taylor is to present a new weekly radio show on Heart.
Sacha Baron Cohen teases his next project
05/07/2018 … Sacha Baron Cohen has teased his latest project, suggesting it will inflame his feud with Donald Trump.
Wed 04 July 2018
In The Long Run scoops a Broadcast Award
...as does Liam Williams's Pls Like
04/07/2018 … Idris Elba’s Sky One comedy In The Long Run has been named the best comedy on a digital channel.