'No one needs stand-ups in an emergency'
So Jason Manford takes up a new job...
07/05/2020 … Jason Manford has revealed that he’s taken up a new job taking elderly people to medical appointments, after being turned down by Tesco.
Thu 07 May 2020
Tue 05 May 2020
© HFPA What should we call Dame Judi Dench's vagina?
Ricky Gervais reveals his weird debate with Golden Globes lawyers
05/05/2020 … Ricky Gervais has revealed that the biggest problem lawyers had about his last Golden Globes monologue was what term he could use for Dame Judi Dench’s genitals.
Steve Pemberton's hammer time
Unique memorabilia being auctioned off
05/05/2020 … Steve Pemberton is auctioning off some League of Gentlemen and Inside No.
Mon 04 May 2020
Parrot Face tells BGT to squawk off
Veteran comic insulted by audition offer
04/05/2020 … He was a familiar face on British TV in the 1960s and 1970s – but that didn’t stop Britain’s Got Talent producers trying to lure Freddie ‘Parrot…
Oh no, Sarah Vine has my book!
Comedian Sofie Hagen's dismay as she finds herself on the Gove shelves
04/05/2020 … When she posted a photograph of her bookshelf on social media, Sarah Vine acknowledged it would be a ‘very special treat for my trolls’.
Sat 02 May 2020
Michael Palin: I set fire to my house
...and needed to be rescued by my 86-year-old neighbour
02/05/2020 … Michael Palin has revealed he accidentally set fire to his house – and had to be rescued but 86-year-old neighbour The Monty Python star told how…
Fri 01 May 2020
© Arno Mikkor/CC BY 2.0 Congratulations, Boris!
Warning: some of the tweets of the week may be sarcastic
01/05/2020 … Tweets of the week Congratulations to Boris Johnson on the birth of his 7th or 19th baby — joe heenan (@joeheenan) April 29, 2020 I’d like…
Chris O’Dowd's dog Potato can sing The Office theme tune
01/05/2020 … Chris O’Dowd has a dog called Potato – who can sing the theme tune to the American version of The Office.