Dad’s Army fans have expressed their surprise after a TV screening of the 1971 movie spin-off of the hit TV series featured a warning about language before it was broadcast on Saturday night.... more
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Broadcaster Nicholas Parsons left £25,000 in his will to pay for a party for friends.According to The Sun, The late Just A Minute host, who died aged 96 last January, wanted to money to pay for a... more
The Asian Dub Foundation song featuring Stewart Lee has made it to number one.Before Christmas the band launched a campaign to make the track, Comin Over Here, the first number one on January 1st as... more
2020 certainly took its toll on comedy. From veteran comics to circuit regulars to writers and backroom movers and shakers, it was a bad year. Below BTJ salutes those that have made us smile... more
Just when you thought you'd seen the last Big Fat Quiz for a while with the Christmas edition featuring James Acaster, Richard Ayoade, Joe Lycett, David Mitchell, Maya Jama and Stacey Solomon, along... more
The Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz are set to welcome a new face to the TARDIS later this year as actor and comedian John Bishop joins the cast as ‘Dan’.As he becomes embroiled in the Doctor’s adventures... more
Frankie Boyle returns with his New World Order end-of-year round-up, where, with the help of his guests, he dissects the unique year that was 2020.The show features Frankie at his satirical best with... more
Ever had one of those gigs...Mark Simmons had an eventful set on Wednesday night. Kent-based one-liner merchant Simmons was doing an online show for Out of Bounds Comedy when the power cut... more
Detectorists star Toby Jones and Mum star Lesley Manville are among those honoured in the New Year's Honours List.Manville is made a CBE for services to drama and charity. Her credits also include... more
James Acaster and Lorraine Kelly were two of the guests on The Last Leg's New Year's Eve special. All seemed to be going swimmingly until Lorraine Kelly mentioned the name of Piers Morgan when... more
