Keeping Up Appearances is the BBC's top export
16/02/2016 … Keeping Up Appearances has outgunned the likes of Top Gear and Doctor Who to be named the BBC's most popular export.
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Tue 16 February 2016
© ITV Safeword to return
With David Morgan and Katherine Ryan
16/02/2016 … ITV2 has commissioned a second series of comedy panel show Safeword with Katherine Ryan and David Morgan returning as team captains.
Blackpool to get a Morecambe & Wise statue
16/02/2016 … A statue of Morecambe & Wise is to be unveiled in Blackpool this autumn as part of the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of their theatrical debut.
Louis CK scoops a Grammy
16/02/2016 … LOUIS CK has won this year's Grammy award for best comedy album for Live At Madison Square Garden.
Mon 15 February 2016
Coogan and Brydon take another Trip
This time around Spain for Sky Atlantic
15/02/2016 … Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are making a third series of The Trip – this time for Sky Atlantic.
Fry quits Twitter over joke backlash
Under fire over 'joshing' with his friend
15/02/2016 … Stephen Fry has apparently quit Twitter in the wake of a joke he cracked while hosting the Bafta awards ceremony last night.
'This time I will succeed'
Eddie Izzard again attempts 27 South African marathons in 27 days
15/02/2016 … Eddie Izzard has announced that he will make a second attempt to complete 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa.
© BBC Official: Are You Being Served? to get a reboot
New-look sitcom to film next month
15/02/2016 … Are You Being Served? is to be rebooted with an 'all-star cast'.