Eddie Izzard completes his first marathon
23/02/2016 … Eddie Izzard has completed the first of the 27 marathons he is running in South Africa.
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Tue 23 February 2016
Radio 4's answer to John Oliver?
Andrew Maxwell pilots in-depth satire show
23/02/2016 … Andrew Maxwell has landed a late-night, topical news pilot for Radio 4.
Colman and Barratt's dark new roles
23/02/2016 … This brooding picture has just been released by Channel 4 to tease their new dark comedy-drama Flowers, starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt.
Mon 22 February 2016
© BBC/Gary Moyes Dead Kennedys
BBC kills off Emma Kennedy's comedy
22/02/2016 … The BBC has axed The Kennedys, the comedy series based on the childhood memoirs of writer Emma Kennedy.
Benidorm's back!
22/02/2016 … ITV has commissioned a ninth series of Benidorm, which will go into production next month.
Four Jongleurs clubs to go
22/02/2016 … Jongleurs is to disappear from Camden, Birmingham, Reading and Watford.
Not suitable for children!
Lou Sanders rapped over 'suck me off' comment
22/02/2016 … Comedian Lou Sanders has been reprimanded by radio bosses after a saucy remark landed them in trouble with the regulators.
© BBC Radio 4 revives Nurse
Paul Whitehouse comedy back after TV sojourn
22/02/2016 … Paul Whitehouse’s Nurse is returning to Radio 4 following the axing of its TV version.