© BBC Daisy May Cooper joins RuPaul’s Drag Race
International showdown on BBC Three next month
12/01/2022 … Daisy May Cooper has joined the judging panel for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World.
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Wed 12 January 2022
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New Netflix special from Aziz Ansari
Nightclub Comedian is platform's first stand-up show of 2022
12/01/2022 … Netflix has announced a new stand-up special from Aziz Ansari.
Tue 11 January 2022
© BBC Dibley star Gary Waldhorn dies at 78
Actor famed as stick-in-the-mud councillor David Horton
11/01/2022 … Actor Gary Waldhorn, who starred as Councillor David Horton in TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, has died at 78.
BBC Radio Wales orders two shows from Leroy Brito
Stand-up special and documentary
11/01/2022 … Comic Leroy Brito has been commissioned to make two programmes for BBC Radio Wales – a stand-up special and a documentary about his life as a single father.
Comics show off their cooking skills
11/01/2022 … Kerry Godliman, Suzi Ruffell, Lou Sanders, Alex Brooker and Phil Wang are all showing off their cooking skills in a new digital series for Channel 4.
© Avalon/BBC When is BBC Three returning to air?
BBC sets channel's comeback date
11/01/2022 … BBC Three will relaunch as a broadcast channel on Tuesday February 1, the corporation has announced.
Betty White cause of death revealed
Golden Girls star had suffered a stroke
11/01/2022 … Betty White died following a stroke, her death certificate has revealed.
Mon 10 January 2022
© Avalon/BBC First image from Starstruck series 2
Rose Matafeo comedy will help BBC Three relaunch as a broadcast channel
10/01/2022 … Here is the first image from season two of Rose Matafeo’s romcom Starstruck.