Father Ted's shopkeeper Mary dies at 67
Tributes paid to Rynagh O'Grady
09/02/2021 … Rynagh O'Grady, who played Craggy Island shop owner Mary O'Leary on Father Ted, has died aged 67.
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Tue 09 February 2021
Radio 4's touch of class
Station orders three stand-up specials with a focus on working-class upbringings
09/02/2021 … Tom Mayhew, Jacob Hawley and George Fouracres are the latest comics to land stand-up specials for Radio 4 – all making reference to their working-class…
Jenny Eclair postpones tour
Now she'll be 61 when she performs Sixty! (FFS!)
09/02/2021 … Jenny Eclair has become the latest comedian to cancel her spring tour dates, moving them to autumn at the earliest.
Mon 08 February 2021
Rob Delaney joins Amazon Prime thriller The Power
08/02/2021 … Rob Delaney has been cast in the new Amazon thriller The Power.
After Life named comedy of the year
08/02/2021 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life has been named comedy of the year in the annual Comedy.
© ITV More Lingo for Adil Ray
08/02/2021 … Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray is to make a second series of his ITV game show, Lingo.
Madeleine MacMahon scoops new act title
Winner of Max Turner Prize 2021
08/02/2021 … Actor and new comedian Madeleine MacMahon has won this year’s Max Turner Prize run by London’s Cavendish Arms venue.
© BBC Vic and Bob's The Glove set to film this summer
'Paul Rudd has asked if he can be in it'
08/02/2021 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are set to start filming their long-awaited movie The Glove this summer – and it could feature Ant-Man star Paul Rudd.