© BBC Angus Deayton's new presenting job
Great British Bake Off spin-off
20/01/2017 … Angus Deayton is to host Great British Bake Off spin-off Creme de la Creme.
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Fri 20 January 2017
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Susan Calman to host BBC One quiz show
The Boss coming to daytime soon
20/01/2017 … Susan Calman is to host a daytime quiz for BBC One, Chortle can reveal.
Thu 19 January 2017
© Idil Sukan Netflix signs Katherine Ryan
Stand-up special out on Valentine's Day
19/01/2017 … Netflix is to air Katherine Ryan’s latest stand-up show.
© BBC/Richard Ansett Inside No 9 to return
Fourth series set to start shooting next month
19/01/2017 … Inside No 9 is to return for a fourth series of six new episodes.
© UKTV Cushti! Gold to tell the Only Fools story
...as a second series charts Sir David Jason's career
19/01/2017 … Sir David Jason is to be the subject of two separate retrospective series on the Gold channel, Chortle can reveal.
Revealed: Who's on the next Live From The BBC
19/01/2017 … Josie Long, Sara Pascoe and Liam Williams are to feature in the second series of Live From The BBC, Chortle can reveal.
Mangan to host fake news panel show
...as C4 airs Simon Brodkin doco
19/01/2017 … Channel 4’s one-off fake news panel show is to be hosted by Stephen Mangan and form part of a week of programmes on the topic.
Frank Skinner gets his own radio station
Comic takes over Absolute channel for a full weekend
19/01/2017 … Frank Skinner is to get his own radio station.