© BBC Michael McIntyre’s Big Show gets a seventh series
14/07/2023 … Michael McIntyre’s Big Show is to return to BBC One for a seventh series, the broadcaster has announced.
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Fri 14 July 2023
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Riki Msindo crowned Chortle Student Comedy Award winner
Josh Adkins runner-up at final to air on Radio 4Extra tonight
13/07/2023 … Riki Msindo was crowned winner of the 2023 Chortle Student Comedy Award last night.
Billy Connolly writes a book about his life on the road
Comic to share his philosophy of life in Rambling Man
13/07/2023 … Billy Connolly has written a new book about his philosophy of life, entitled Rambling Man: My Life On The Road.
Jethro leaves £3.3million
Comic's fortune shared among family
13/07/2023 … Cornish comedian Jethro left £3.
Catherine Tate returns to the West End
In new poltergeist thriller The Enfield Haunting,
13/07/2023 … Catherine Tate is to return to the West End stage in a new psychological thriller.
© Apple TV+ Sharon Horgan up for her first acting Emmy
...and can Brett Goldstein make it hat-trick?
13/07/2023 … Sharon Horgan has been nominated for her first Emmy as an actor – while Brett Goldstein is in the running to win his third consecutive award.
Wed 12 July 2023
Eric Morecambe's The Reluctant Vampire heading for TV
More than 40 years after he wrote his children's story
12/07/2023 … The BBC is working on making Eric Morecambe's children's novel The Reluctant Vampire into a TV series Alan Partridge writers Neil and Rob…
Would you pay £2 extra for a ticket to support Fringe artists?
Gilded Balloon introduces voluntary scheme
12/07/2023 … Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has announced a ‘Support the Artist’ scheme – meaning festival-goers can choose to pay an extra £2…