Mr Ed's human star dies
21/05/2016 … Alan Young, who starred in the talking horse sitcom Mr Ed, has at the age of 96.
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Sat 21 May 2016
Fri 20 May 2016
Tony Robinson joins Man Down
20/05/2016 … Sir Tony Robinson is to return to comedy, with a new role in Man Down.
BFI preserves comedy training videos
Titles from John Cleese's Video Arts
20/05/2016 … Corporate training videos featuring comedians are to be preserved by the British Film Institute.
Watch Stephen Fry in his new US sitcom
CBS release The Great Indoors trailer
20/05/2016 … The first trailer has been released for Stephen Fry's new US sitcom, The Great Indoors.
The dangers of inflation...
20/05/2016 … • 'There's an inherent anger in English audiences' Russell Howard.
© BBC/King Bert BBC orders Walliams & Friend series
Jack Whitehall to be guest star
20/05/2016 … Sketch show David Walliams and Friends has been given a full series on BBC One.
Thu 19 May 2016
Anger over Shirley Ghostman's phantom gigs
19/05/2016 … Fans of spiritualist comedy character Shirley Ghostman are up in arms after shows he cancelled seven months ago have still not been rescheduled.
© Dave Morris / Creative Commons BBC goes to 'Hogwarts'
19/05/2016 … The BBC is moving its Edinburgh Fringe hub to the grounds of the prestigious private school said to have inspired Hogwarts.