Rare Kenny Everett footage uncovered
Local radio shows lost for four decades
20/07/2016 … Recordings of comedian Kenny Everett working on local radio stations have been unearthed after more than 40 years.
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Wed 20 July 2016
Now it's Dr Peter Kay
Honorary degree from his old uni
20/07/2016 … Peter Kay has received an honorary doctorate from his old university.
Nish Kumar fights deportation
...in a new film with Tez Ilyas
20/07/2016 … Tez Ilyas and Nish Kumar have made a short film about deporting immigrants for the BBC.
Tue 19 July 2016
David Baddiel sells film rights to The Parent Agency
Hollywood deal for his kids' book
19/07/2016 … David Baddiel has sold the film rights to his first children’s book, The Parent Agency.
BBC orders a series from Shane Todd
Break for Northern Irish stand-up
19/07/2016 … The BBC has commissioned a stand-up, sketch and interview series from Northern Irish comic Shane Todd.
Kevin Eldon joins Funny Cow
19/07/2016 … KEVIN ELDON has joined the cast of Funny Cow, the comedy-drama film about a woman who becomes a comedian on the Northern working men's club circuit in the 1970s…
Comic kidnapped and beaten over a sketch
19/07/2016 … A comedian has been kidnapped, beaten then dumped in the street by a musician he mocked in a sketch.
© Bafta Bafta LA to honour Ricky Gervais
'Provocative, edgy and pushes the boundaries'
19/07/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to receive the annual comedy award handed out by Bafta in Los Angeles.