Barry Humprhies on growing old
01/04/2016 … Barry Humphries is to front a three-part Channel 4 show about ageing.
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Fri 01 April 2016
Ruth Jones becomes a novelist
First books sold after fierce bidding war
01/04/2016 … Ruth Jones is to release two novels, after a fierce bidding war between publishers.
Brawl breaks out over comic's risqué jokes
‘It was mayhem. There were fists everywhere'
01/04/2016 … A brawl broke out in a comedy club when a heckler challenged comic Roger Monkhouse for telling risque jokes.
© Mark Johnson / Channel4 'The same thing happened with Eamonn Holmes...'
01/04/2016 … • ‘It upsets me if I meet someone before a show wearing jeans and a jersey who goes on stage in the same clothes.
Thu 31 March 2016
...And it's goodnight from him
31/03/2016 … Tributes have been paid to Ronnie Corbett, who has died at 85.
Jack & Dean & Jessica
Hynes to join internet duo on new comedy series
31/03/2016 … Jessica Hynes is to star in a new comedy show with viral stars Jack and Dean.
Frank Skinner to host new arts quiz
31/03/2016 … Frank Skinner is set to host a panel show about the arts for the BBC.
Who's in the Porridge remake?
31/03/2016 … The full cast has been announced for the reboot of Porridge, including Catastrophe's Mark Bonnar as a wily Scottish prison guard.