Channel 5 returns to panel shows
Eamonn Holmes to front It’s Not Me, It’s You
29/04/2016 … Channel 5 is to make its first comedy panel show in seven years.
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Fri 29 April 2016
© Eva Rinaldi Will Ferrell quits Reagan film
Actor bows to pressure over Alzheimer's jokes
29/04/2016 … Will Ferrell has bowed to pressure and pulled out of the comedy about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease.
© C4 Mitchell & Webb's new comedy set in a pub
Peep Show pair to play brothers
29/04/2016 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s new comedy Back will be set around a pub, it has been revealed.
© Eva Rinaldi Alzheimer's 'is no subject for comedy'
Ronald Reagan's family slam Will Ferrell film
29/04/2016 … Ronald Reagan's children have blasted Will Ferrell over his plans to make a comedy about their father succumbing to Alzheimer's disease.
Thu 28 April 2016
© Andy Hollingworth Romesh Ranganathan to write his memoirs
28/04/2016 … Romesh Ranganathan is to write his memoirs.
Final waltz for Hi-Di-Hi's Barry
Actor succumbs to cancer at 78
28/04/2016 … Barry Howard, who was best known for playing Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi!, has died at the age of 78.
The Nerds will be heard
Comedy science trio start work on R4 series
28/04/2016 … The Festival Of The Spoken Nerd trio have started work on a new comedy science show for Radio 4.