Mr Bean reanimated
ITVX orders another 52 cartoon episodes of Rowan Atkinson's character
04/01/2024 … Rowan Atkinson is to voice another 52 episodes of the animated version of Mr Bean.
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Thu 04 January 2024
© Spirit Studios/ITV ITV renews The Stand Up Sketch Show
04/01/2024 … ITV2 has ordered a sixth series of The Stand Up Sketch Show to air later this year.
Wed 03 January 2024
Olga Koch goes to India
Comic takes her Prawn Cocktail show to Mumbai and Bengaluru
03/01/2024 … Olga Koch is heading back to India later this month, taking her latest show Prawn Cocktail to Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Tue 02 January 2024
© BBC/Hungry Bear BBC axes Lee Mack show
Freeze The Fear won't be returning
02/01/2024 … Lee Mack has lost a TV job after the BBC axed its reality show Freeze The Fear with Wim Hof.
Mon 01 January 2024
© Netflix Dave Chappelle's still joking about trans people
Comic doubles down with his new special
01/01/2024 … Dave Chappelle has doubled down on targeting transgender people in in his new Netflix special, saying: ‘I love punching down.
Sun 31 December 2023
Shecky Greene dies at 97
Legend of the Las Vegas nightclub scene
31/12/2023 … Shecky Greene, one of the biggest stand-ups in Las Vegas in its 1950s and 1960s heyday, has died at the age of 97.
© C4/Avalon Who will win Taskmaster's New Year Treat?
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
31/12/2023 … The week's best comedy on TV and radio Sunday December 31 SCOTLAND STANDS UP: Jim Smith hosts Susie McCabe, Jamie MacDonald, Stuart McPherson and Marjolein…
Sat 30 December 2023
© BBC MBE for Two Doors Down star Arabella Weir
For services to the arts and to young people
30/12/2023 … Two Doors Down star Arabella Weir has been made an MBE for services to the arts and to young people.