© NBC George Wendt – Norm in Cheers - dies at 76
20/05/2025 … George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in Cheers, has died at the age of 76.
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Tue 20 May 2025
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© Prime Video Rebecca Humphries writes her first novel
Maiden, Mother, Crone is a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star
20/05/2025 … Writer, actor and comedian Rebecca Humphries has signed a book deal for her debut novel.
Operation Mincemeat release Dear Bill single
Closing track from their West End and Broadway hit
20/05/2025 … The closing track of the Broadway and West End hit Operation Mincemeat has been released as a single today.
Comics bring an updated Dunciad to the stage
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
John Kearns and Penny Dreadfuls trio take on Sherlock Holms
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
© ITV Lenny Henry returns to stand-up
20/05/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week.
Mon 19 May 2025
© Avalon Lee Mack's Not Going Out gets a 15th series
BBC renews its longest-running sitcom
19/05/2025 … The BBC has renewed Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out for yet another series - as it's revealed the timeline will again jump forward when the show…
© Robyn Von Swank Sarah Silverman: I was f***ing ignorant to wear blackface
19/05/2025 … Sarah Silverman has admitted she was ‘fucking ignorant’ to don blackface for her American TV show.