Bill Bailey has impressed all of the judges in the latest edition of Strictly Come Dancing.
The theme of the show was Movies and Bailey and dancing partner Oti Mabuse danced the paso doble to the music from the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Bailey added a guitar solo too, showing off his trademark musical chops.
Judge Motsi Mabuse said that she got the vibe that Bill "was not here to play, he was here to paso."
A version of this interview first appeared in the Evening Standard in late 2018, the year that Vee picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Best Newcomer for her first full-length show Sandhog. Since then she has been on a veritable roll, becoming a regular face on television and voice on radio, appearing on shows ranging from Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, QI and Have I Got News for You to Channel 4’s award-nominated sitcom Feel Good and Netflix's Sex Education.
Have I Got News For You continues on BBC One tonight at 9pm, with comedian & presenter Richard Ayoade guest hosting the sixth episode of the show’s current 60th series.
With the programme back filming in studio but now with a virtual audience due to the November lockdown restrictions, regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton were joined by guest panellists comedian and GameFace star Roisin Conaty (pictured) and writer & director Armando 'The Thick Of It' Iannucci.
The actor Geoffrey Palmer has died. He was 93.
Palmer was famous for his performances in countless sitcoms including As Time Goes By, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies, Fairly Secret Army, Fawlty Towers, The Goodies and more.
He also appeared in films including Tomorrow Never Dies, Mrs Brown, A Fish Called Wanda and The Madness of King George.
He was awarded an OBE in 2004.
Geoff Norcott is writing a memoir, Where Did I Go Right?: How The Left Lost Me, to be published by Monoray, part of the Octopus Publishing Group
It tells the story of how he grew up in a Labour household, but ultimately voted Tory and discusses why the working classes have deserted the Left and is described as "warm, honest and laugh out loud funny" and "the perfect place to start if you want to understand why in Britain, blue-collar Conservatism might be here to stay".
Jason Manford, a definite strong contender for hardest working person in 2020, is set to appear in panto for the first time this December.
Manford will be one of the stars of the socially distanced Sleeping Beauty at the Palace Theatre & Opera House Manchester.
Also in the cast are Billy Pearce, Jodie Prenger, Eric Potts and Louis Gaunt.
The show will run from Saturday December 12 to Sunday January 3.
Comedian Charlie George is one of a select group of 14 new writers selected by Penguin Random House UK for their WriteNow editorial programme.
All 14 hail from a range of communities under-represented on the UK and Ireland’s bookshelves.
Dan Tiernan has been crowned the winner at this (Covid) year’s Beat the Frog World Series. The runner up was Charlie Lewis and a special panel prize award went to Adam Flood.
Dan was one of the first students of the Frog’s stand up courses four years ago and has dabbled in DJing and being a magician; he’s also worked as a dinner man.
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are set to return to Gold in another murder-mystery scripted comedy franchise written by Jason Cook. The brand-new three-part series Murder They Hope follows on from last year’s hit feature Dial M for Middlesbrough. Sian Gibson and Johnny Vegas will reprise their roles as Gemma and Terry, in a trilogy of new adventures.
The comedy circuit has been hit again by the imminent new lockdown. Entertainment venues are expected to have to close once again later this week.
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