Episodes of a comedy series made by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones before Monty Python's Flying Circus have unexpectedly popped up on the streaming channel Britbox.
Six episodes were made of the spoof history series The Complete And Utter History Of Britain in 1969 and shown on London Weekend Television, but it had long been believed that apart from a few fragments only the first two episodes had survived.
The nation’s favourite comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition, which challenges the British public to write their best festive gags – inspired by the events of the last 12 months.
Katherine Ryan is due to be the latest guest on Desert Island Discs.
Details of the programme have not been revealed. All the BBC press office will says is: "Lauren Laverne's castaway is the comedian Katherine Ryan who reflects on her childhood growing up in Sarnia, Canada.
'She describes her awkward teenage years, how working in a branch of the restaurant chain Hooters taught her how to work a crowd and why she fell back in love with a childhood sweetheart after 20 years apart."
David Walliams is suing Freemantle Media, the production company behind ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
A signed and annotated book of lyrics/music for Jerry Springer The Opera is being auctioned for charity. The item, dating from 2004, is printed and bound and has a vocal score by Richard Thomas with, according to the front page, "some bits by Stewart Lee."
Bids of between £1000 and £10000 are invited. According to the website the highest current bid is £300.
Satirical comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T follows four Australian soldiers sent on a secret mission to a war-torn country. Mistaken for Americans, they are captured by freedom fighters and produce a hostage video that goes viral.
When the soldiers reach celebrity status, they realise that being caught might just be the best thing that could’ve happened to them.
The BBC has acquired all three seasons (28 x 30) of American teen comedy-drama Love, Victor from Disney Entertainment.
Season one stars Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever), Rachel Hilson (Red, White & Royal Blue), Anthony Turpel (The Bold and The Beautiful), Bebe Wood (The New Normal), Mason Gooding (Scream VI), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty). Created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, Love, Victor is inspired by and set in the same world as the 2018 film Love, Simon.
Channel 4’s factual drama, Partygate, is centred around two fictional Special Advisors Grace Greenwood (Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia ) and Annabel D’acre (Ophelia Lovibond - W1A) and based on meticulous research of real events inside Downing Street. There will also be a guest appearance of impressionist Jon Culshaw as the voice of former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
Juice is a surreal comedy that follows Jamma (Taskmaster star Mawaan Rizwan) on his quest for attention as he navigates chaotic family dynamics and literally stumbles through love.
Mum, Farida (Shahnaz Rizwan), always makes everything about her, Dad, Saif (Jeff Mirza), ignores him and brother, Isaac (Nabhaan Rizwan), steals the limelight at work – the one place Jamma feels like he’s doing well.
Here’s a sneak peak at new surreal comedy Juice that follows Jamma’s (Taskmaster breakout star Mawaan Rizwan) quest for attention as he navigates chaotic family dynamics and literally stumbles through love. Also starring Russell Tovey, Nabhaan Rizwan, Emily Lloyd-Saini and Shahnaz Rizwan.
Juice starts Monday 18th September on BBC Three and iPlayer.
Watch the Juice trailer below
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