© Big Talk/BBC Muscled out
Gym-based comedy Peacock is dropped by the BBC
02/10/2025 … Gym-based sitcom Peacock will not be back for a third series, the BBC has confirmed.
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Thu 02 October 2025
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Paul O’Grady’s producer lifts the lid on working with the 'national treasure'
'Portrait of a gifted entertainer' launches with two live events next month
02/10/2025 … Paul O’Grady’s long-serving radio producer has written a book about their 20 years working together.
Wed 01 October 2025
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan heads big Sudan benefit
01/10/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is headlining a last-minute benefit to raise money for Unicef’s work in Sudan.
Tue 30 September 2025
© @lou_em Instagram Book deal for Rob Beckett's wife Lou
About being the 'default parent' in a family
30/09/2025 … Rob Beckett's wife Lou has landed a book deal.
Now Nabil Abdulrashid plays Riyadh Comedy Festival
BGT comedian makes an appearance and Saudis' 'jokewashing' event
30/09/2025 … Nabil Abdulrashid has performed at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle can reveal.
Simpsons movie gets a sequel
30/09/2025 … A new Simpsons movie is to be released in July 2027 – 20 years to the month after the original.
© Michael Wharley I’m Sorry, Prime Minister extends its West End run
Two more weeks for the sitcom's final chapter
30/09/2025 … I’m Sorry, Prime Minister has extended its West End run by two weeks.
© Steve Bealing/Landmark Media/Alamy Tracey Ullman joins Ted Lasso
...as she shockingly reveals that Larry David is 'very lovely'
30/09/2025 … Tracey Ullman has joined the cast of Ted Lasso.