Japes on a train
New sitcom from Punt and Dennis
02/01/2022 … Now Show creators Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have written a new sitcom, set in the carriages of a cross-country rail service.
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Fri 31 December 2021
Adam Hills gets an MBE
31/12/2021 … Adam Hills has been made an MBE in the New Year Honour list.
Betty White dies at 99
'I thought she would live forever'
31/12/2021 … Golden Girls star Betty White has died just two weeks short of her 100th birthday.
Rob Beckett pilots new primetime ITV show
Comic set to front new entertainment format
31/12/2021 … Rob Beckett is piloting his own comedy entertainment show for ITV.
Thu 30 December 2021
Three-way tie for the comedians' comedian of 2021
But no such divide in hailing Sean Lock's outstanding achievement
30/12/2021 … Three stand-ups have tied for the honour of being named the comics’ comic of 2021.
© alfiedrake768/Twitter Antivaxxer mob disrupts panto
Zealots 'terrified young children,' comic says
30/12/2021 … Comedy magician Pete Firman has hit out at antivaxxers who disrupted his pantomime performance yesterday.
Fans invited to Jethro's funeral
Cornish comic to be remembered at Truro Cathedral
30/12/2021 … Jethro’s funeral is to be held at his local cathedral, and fans are invited to pay tribute.
Mon 27 December 2021
© BBC Studios Mrs Brown's Boys misses the Christmas top ten
...for the first time in eight years
27/12/2021 … Mrs Brown’s Boys failed to make the top ten Christmas Day shows for the first time in eight years.