Susan Calman joins Strictly Come Dancing
15/08/2017 … Susan Calman is to take part in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Tue 15 August 2017
Helen Keen shares more problems with Radio 4
15/08/2017 … Helen Keen is to make a second series of her Radio 4 show Big Problems.
When is Taskmaster coming back?
Dave announces series 5 launch date
15/08/2017 … Dave has changed the launch date of the new series of Taskmaster.
Miranda Hart misses Annie shows
Throat infection hits her West End debut
15/08/2017 … Miranda Hart has been forced to pull out of her West End musical role because of a throat infection.
Riordan DJ takes Chortle Student crown
15/08/2017 … Riordan Deehan Jackson won the 2017 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe last night.
Mon 14 August 2017
© Stuart Hogben Psst! Dara O Briain's doing some low-key Edinburgh gigs
Work in progress for 2018 tour
14/08/2017 … Dara O Briain is to perform three work-in-progress shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedians to stage a musical – on ice
With Tony Law and the Weirdos collective
14/08/2017 … Tony Law and the alternative comedians of the Weirdos collective are to stage a new comedy musical – on ice.
'Doctor' writer Richard Gordon dies at 95
Novels spawned movies and sitcoms
14/08/2017 … The writer of the Doctor series of comic novels and films has died at the age of 95.