© BBC How the BBC wanted Mr Humphries dropped from Are You Being Served?
25/08/2020 … He is one of the most memorable characters from Are You Being Served? – but Mr Humphries would have been axed had BBC bosses got their way.
Bizarre beef with Connecticut city
24/08/2020 … Few comedians get immortalised by having a major public site named after them.
21/08/2020 … Tweets of the week I'm currently trying to sell a thermos with absolutely no capacity for any liquid.
17/08/2020 … Bill Bailey has thrown himself out a plane twice in just over a week The comic has done two tandem skydives, the first at 10,000ft – with 30 seconds of…
Darren Walsh performs to a sold-out crowd - of himselves
16/08/2020 … Is it the perfect audience - or the worst? Darren Walsh has performed a gig to a crowd comprising entirely of clones of himself.
© Kamoompics 14/08/2020 … Tweets of the week A customer has just bought a 2021 calendar.
War of words over his 'limited vocabulary' when it comes to women
13/08/2020 … Keith Lemon creator Leigh Francis has hit back at presenter Melanie Sykes, after she slammed his alter-ego for the way he treats women.
Dumping Taskmaster didn't boost the CW's audience
12/08/2020 … The American network executives’ decision to axe Taskmaster after just one episode has had almost zero effect on their ratings.
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