BBC One honours Victoria Wood
Six-part series on the first anniversary of her death
17/03/2017 … BBC One is to broadcast a six-part series celebrating the work of Victoria Wood.
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Fri 17 March 2017
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures More gongs for Fleabag, Mum and Partridge
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards handed out
17/03/2017 … Mum, Alan Partridge and Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge have all been honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Amy Schumer accused of joke theft again
As 'alt-right trolls' try to drive down her Netflix ratings
17/03/2017 … Amy Schumer has again been accused of stealing jokes.
A familiar sign
South Africa puppet show recreates Janey Godley's Trump protest
17/03/2017 … Janey Godley's golf-course protest against Donald Trump has made it into the South African version of Spitting Image.
Thu 16 March 2017
Noel Fielding joins Great British Bake Off
16/03/2017 … Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig are to be the new hosts of The Great British Bake Off.
Now this is a real family movie...
Jennifer Saunders and daughter Beattie Edmondson to star together
16/03/2017 … Jennifer Saunders and her daughter Beattie Edmondson are to star in a family film together.
Jim Tavare out of intensive care
Comic slowly on the mend after horrific crash
16/03/2017 … Jim Tavare has moved out of intensive care, 15 days after the car crash that left him badly injured.
Radio 4 wants more Shush!
16/03/2017 … RADIO 4 has commissioned a second series of Shush!, the library-based sitcom written by and starring Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front.