Mitchell and Webb shoot new comedy Back
21/04/2016 … Filming has begun on David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s new sitcom pilot.
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Thu 21 April 2016
New Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale today
Including Paul Foot, Sam Simmons and Mr Swallow
21/04/2016 … Paul Foot, Mr Swallow, and reigning Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Sam Simmons are among the acts returning to the Fringe this year, it has been announced today.
© BBC Broadcasters clear schedules for Victoria Wood
21/04/2016 … Broadcasters have cleared some of their schedules to honour to Victoria Wood.
Wed 20 April 2016
Victoria Wood dies at 62
20/04/2016 … Victoria Wood has died at the age of 62, after being diagnosed with cancer, her publicist has said.
© C4 Drop The Dead Donkey's 'Henry Davenport' dies
20/04/2016 … David Swift, the actor who played Henry Davenport in the Drop the Dead Donkey, has died days before his 86th birthday.
What Lucy did next
Sky's ex-comedy boss lands US deal for her new company
20/04/2016 … Former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden has launched her own independent TV company, Yellow Door Productions, which already has a ‘first look’ deal with…
Paddy McGuinness to host car show
20/04/2016 … Paddy McGuinness is to present a new car-based show for The Travel Channel In Drive Of My Life, the Take Me Out comic will drive celebrities to places that mean…
Dawn French to star in Sky 1 drama
Sex, food and secrets in Delicious
20/04/2016 … Dawn French is to star in a four-part Sky 1 drama set in rural Cornwall.