Warm-up king Bobby Bragg dies
He worked on Only Fools and TV Burp
26/10/2016 … Comedian and leading warm-up man Bobby Bragg who has died, more than two years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Wed 26 October 2016
© BBC/Roughcut BBC spoofs Making A Murderer
Rich Fulcher stars in Sexy Murder parody
26/10/2016 … Rich Fulcher is to star in a murder case spoof for BBC Three, Chortle can reveal.
Armstrong and Miller reunite
26/10/2016 … Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong are to reunite for a Radio 4 show.
© Bafta Bafta hails Tom Davis as a 'Breakthrough Brit'
Along with #HoodDocumentary's Kayode Ewumi
26/10/2016 … Murder in Successville star Tom Davis has been picked as one of the year's brightest new creative talents by Bafta.
© BBC/Open Mike/Ellis O'Brien Who's on series 12 of Live At The Apollo
BBC confirms comedian line-ups
26/10/2016 … The BBC has confirmed the broadcast date and line-ups of the new series of Live At The Apollo.
Simpsons writer Kevin Curran dies at 59
He previously wrote for Letterman
26/10/2016 … Simpsons writer Kevin Curran has died at the age of 59.
Tue 25 October 2016
Thomson and Moorhouse check into W's Haunted Hotel
25/10/2016 … COLD FEET star John Thomson and comedian Justin Moorhouse are to take part in Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live.
Released at last! Spike Milligan's Q
Every episode of groundbreaking sketch series out on DVD
25/10/2016 … Every surviving episode of Spike Milligan’s influential sketch series Q is to be released on DVD for the first time.