Paul Whitehouse and Nick Frost cast in Harry Potter series
John Lithgow and Paapa Essiedu too
14/04/2025 … Paul Whitehouse is to play Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the new TV adaption of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books, it has been announced.
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Mon 14 April 2025
Ofcom criticises Katherine Ryan for plugging products on live TV
Comic ignored producers' warning to stay on script
14/04/2025 … Katherine Ryan went too far in gushing about a brand she had been paid to promote when she appeared on live TV, broadcast watchdog Ofcom has found.
Bridget Christie joins Things You Should Have Done
Playing an unhinged grief counsellor
14/04/2025 … Bridget Christie has joined the cast of award-winning BBC comedy Things You Should Have Done.
Sun 13 April 2025
Did Benny Hill deserve to be cancelled?
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
13/04/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday April 13 THE CANCELLATION OF BENNY HILL: Benny Hill was one of the UK's…
David Cross tours the UK
13/04/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 12 April 2025
© BBC Are You Being Served's Mike Berry dies at 82
He was the last surviving main cast member
12/04/2025 … Mike Berry, who was the last surviving main cast member of Are You Being Served?, has died at the age of 82.
Fri 11 April 2025
Alice Frasier cancels US trip over Trump joke fears
Comedian told immigration officers may take a dim view of critical comments
11/04/2025 … Australian comedian Alice Fraser has cancelled a planned visit to America, partly over fears her past jokes about Donald Trump might land her in trouble with immigration.
Meet the BBC's newest radio comedy writers
Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson follow in prestigious footsteps
11/04/2025 … Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson have been named as this year’s staff comedy writers for BBC Studios Audio department.