The finalists have been announced for this year's Comedy Knights Fresh Comedian of 2016.
The BBC Trust has ruled that the episode of R4 comedy Don't Make Me Laugh broadcast on the day of the Queen's ninetieth birthday that included jokes about her sex life was in "serious breach" of editorial guidelines.
David Brent, alias Ricky Gervais, is to play two major gigs with his band Foregone Conclusion.
Ricky Gervais made the announcement on Twitter today. The shows will be at the Eventim Apollo on September 8 & 9.
The gigs will follow the release of David Brent: Life on the Road, the movie in which David Brent takes time off from his job as a toilet products salesman to pursue his rock and roll dream with a UK tour. The film is releasd on August 19. Brent/Gervais will also be releasing a soundtrack album.
Following the postponement of his appearances last autumn psychic Shirley Ghostman's ‘Spooktactular’ (now not on ice due to insurance reasons) will be taking place in October 2016.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown is nominated for a TV Choice Award. C4's mashed-up comedy quiz show is up for Best Entertainment Show alongside Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV), Celebrity Juice (ITV2) and The Graham Norton Show (BBC1).
Elsewhere Russell Howard's Good News is in the running for Best Comedy alongside Benidorm (ITV), Birds Of A Feather (ITV) and Stella (Sky1).
Comedian Simon Brodkin attempted to interrupt a speech by Donald Trump about the Brexit vote at the Turnberry golf course in Scotland today.
The Republican Presidential hopeful was about to speak when Brodkin appeared in wig and glasses. He started speaking and produced a red golf ball with a swastika on it before being dragged away by security.
Trump responded by saying: "Get him out!"
It’s Pete Sinclair that I feel sorry for. Among others of course. He is one of the writers of C4’s Power Monkeys and as if it wasn’t hard enough already to write a whole sitcom episode in a day, he now has to write funny jokes about a situation that I suspect he doesn’t find very funny. Caveat - I know Pete is sharp and clever so I’m assuming he supported Remain. That’s my educated guess, but I think this piece will make sense even if I’m barking up the wrong tree.
Kate Phillips has been appointed Controller, Entertainment Commissioning. The role replaces Mark Linsey, who is now Director of BBC Studios.
Star Wars star Mark Hamill has joined the cast for the new series of the Greg Davies sitcom Man Down on Channel 4.
The third series, returning in July, will also feature actor Steven Berkoff as a school caretaker and Sir Tony "Baldrick" Robinson, alongside returning regulars Roisin Conaty, Mike Wozniak, Stephanie Cole, Jeany Spark and Gwyneth Powell.
One of Rik Mayall’s very last projects was to play a modern version of Fagin. In the months leading up to his sudden death on June 9, 2014 Mayall had been collaborating on a script with American writer Kevin Armento and Carlos Davis, writer/producer of Mayall's 1991 movie Drop Dead Fred. In the piece below Armento recalls the thrill of working with Mayall. Although he did not know Mayall’s British TV work when he first met him, he soon realised that he was in the presence of a comic genius.
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