Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck sold to Australia and New Zealand
14/10/2019 … Rose Matafeo’s forthcoming sitcom Starstuck has been sold to Australia and her native New Zealand.
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Mon 14 October 2019
Guilty Feminist goes global
International dates for Deborah Frances-White's podcast
14/10/2019 … Deborah Frances-White is taking her Guilty Feminist podcast on an international tour.
Sun 13 October 2019
One in three female comics has been sexually harassed on stage
...and half have been made to feel uncomfortable backstage
13/10/2019 … More than one in three female comedians has felt sexually harassed while on stage, and one in six have been followed after a gig.
Spongebob 'is an apologist for military colonisation'
US academic accuses Mr Squarepants of normalising violence and racism
13/10/2019 … You might think Spongebob Squarepants as a friendly sea sponge who lives in a pineapple beneath the sea and loves blowing bubbles.
© Damian Bennett Return of the rock n roll nerd
13/10/2019 … The week's best live comedy on radio and TV.
© UKTV/Mark Johnson Lenny Henry looks at race in comedy
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
13/10/2019 … The week's best comedy on radio and TV.
Wretched, isn't it?
Stephen Moore, the voice of Marvin The Paranoid Android, dies at 81
13/10/2019 … Stephen Moore – the actor who voiced Marvin The Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy– has died aged 81 He played the…
Sat 12 October 2019
© BBC Saturday Night's Alright (for fighting for your place in Strictly)
Chris Ramsey in jeopardy, just three from bottom
12/10/2019 … Chris Ramsey equalled his highest score from judges on Strictly Come Dancing tonight - but still came third from bottom of the leaderboard.