From Iron Throne to chat-show sofa
Comedy pilot for Game Of Thrones' Gemma Whelan
23/06/2016 … In Game Of Thrones she is the fearsome warrior queen Yara Greyjoy.
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Thu 23 June 2016
© BBC BBC appoints a new panel show chief
Kate Phillips also gets the Top Gear poisoned chalice
23/06/2016 … The BBC is to appoint a new controller of entertainment commissioning, responsible for panel shows including Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week and Would I Lie…
Wed 22 June 2016
Folk-comedy star Bob Williamson dies at 67
Pioneer of the pre-alternative scene
22/06/2016 … Bob Williamson, one of the pioneering generation of folk-club comedians, has died at the age of 67.
Third series for Scot Squad
22/06/2016 … Scot Squad is to return for a third series, with filming getting under way in Glasgow this week.
Tue 21 June 2016
© Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons Mark Hamill joins Man Down
Star Wars hero in Greg Davies sitcom
21/06/2016 … Luke Skywalker is joining Greg Davies comedy Man Down.
Hannibal Buress joins Spider-Man: Homecoming
21/06/2016 … Hannibal Buress has landed a role in the new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie.
La Soiree returns to London
Spiegeltent to be erected in Leicester Square
21/06/2016 … Variety-burlesque night La Soiree is retuning to London's West End, with a wooden Spiegeltent erected in Leicester Square.
© HBO Sky shelves Last Week Tonight
...over John Oliver's pro-Remain rant
21/06/2016 … Sky Atlantic has dropped a planned broadcast of John Olvier's Last Week Tonight because of its pro-Remain message.