Channel 5 returns to panel shows
Eamonn Holmes to front It’s Not Me, It’s You
29/04/2016 … Channel 5 is to make its first comedy panel show in seven years.
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Fri 29 April 2016
© Eva Rinaldi Will Ferrell quits Reagan film
Actor bows to pressure over Alzheimer's jokes
29/04/2016 … Will Ferrell has bowed to pressure and pulled out of the comedy about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease.
Thu 28 April 2016
© Andy Hollingworth Romesh Ranganathan to write his memoirs
28/04/2016 … Romesh Ranganathan is to write his memoirs.
Courtney Cox works on ITV sitcom
28/04/2016 … Courteney Cox is reportedly developing a new sitcom for ITV.
© BBC BBC comedy chief steps down
Mark Freeland quits over creative freedoms
28/04/2016 … The BBC’s most senior comedy production executive has dramatically announced that he is to quit the corporation.
The Nerds will be heard
Comedy science trio start work on R4 series
28/04/2016 … The Festival Of The Spoken Nerd trio have started work on a new comedy science show for Radio 4.
Final waltz for Hi-Di-Hi's Barry
Actor succumbs to cancer at 78
28/04/2016 … Barry Howard, who was best known for playing Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi!, has died at the age of 78.