© BBC This Country to launch with a free preview screening
02/01/2020 … The BBC is launching the next series of This Country with a free preview screening in the Cotswolds.
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Thu 02 January 2020
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Jack and Michael Whitehall top Netflix's stand-up chart
Beating Kevin Hart into No2 in the UK
01/01/2020 … Jack Whitehall’s Christmas With My Father was most watched Netflix live comedy special in the UK in 2019.
Tue 31 December 2019
© GS TV Productions Ltd Gavin & Stacey tops catch-up ratings
Another 700,000 hours spent watching the Christmas special
31/12/2019 … The Gavin & Stacey Christmas special has boosted its record-breaking TV audience by becoming the most-watched programme on catch-up since it aired.
© Netflix After Life is Netflix's No2 series of 2019
...and The Crown is nowhere to be seen
31/12/2019 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life was the second-most watched Netflix series in the UK this year.
Mon 30 December 2019
Midland bankers...
Scott Bennett leads the Midlands comedy awards
30/12/2019 … Nottingham-based Scott Bennett has been named best act at the Midlands Comedy Awards for the second year running, with Josh Pugh once again taking the runner-up…
Rutles star Neil Innes dies at 75
Python collaborator and founder of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
30/12/2019 … Neil Innes – best known for his work with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Rutles – has died at the age of 75.
Peter Kay's team slam C5 documentary
Comic was not involved in film 'at all'
30/12/2019 … Peter Kay’s team have slammed Channel 5 for misleading fans.
Sun 29 December 2019
It's the Edna Of The Year show
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
29/12/2019 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.