Jason Manford to set up comedy club in Leeds

A Leeds nightclub is elbowing its way into the comedy world with help from funnyman Jason Manford.

Review: Jack Dee not on top form in Dubai

British comedian, known for his grumpy sense of humour, performs uninspired routine on UAE stop.

Radio Times review

Some Home Guard admin elicits the expected peevishness from Mainwaring in this late-era episode. The Captain reveals his written character assessment of his sergeant to the man himself: "Your general bearing is very slack." Wilson's disparaging laughter at all the red-tape nonsense sounds so genuine that you wonder whether something tickled John Le Mesurier during recording.

It leads to a platoon recruitment drive that requires a face to go on the accompanying poster, but whose should it be? "We should all vote in a secret ballet," suggests Jones. Among other delights are Godfrey's mortified expression at the suggestion that he's being rude, and some top-drawer doddering from Harold Bennett as Mr Blewitt.

Radio Times review

Rumbling Russell Crowe joins Jonathan Ross to talk about his directorial debut, The Water Diviner, about an Australian farmer setting out to find the bodies of his three sons who died at Gallipoli. No one will put him off (of course), not even snooty Brits.

Also on the sofa is Elizabeth Hurley, talking about her new US drama The Royals, which looks absolutely hilarious, though I'm not sure it's meant to be funny; and Downton Abbey's Lady Rose, Lily James twinkles by to talk about playing Cinderella in a new Disney film. Don't stay after midnight, Lily!

Best of all, the comedy corner is occupied by David Mitchell, and music comes from brilliant disco funksters Chic.

Food for thought: Noel Fielding

The artist, comedian, actor, musician, painter and DJ has an exhibition of watercolours 'He Wore Dreams Around Unkind Faces' running at London's Maison Bertaux Gallery for two months. He shares his week of culture...

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Des Clarke interview

Two decades have passed since Des first found his calling as a 12-year-old in a talent show at Holyrood Secondary School on the south side of Glasgow.

Interview: The Burnistoun boys on going live

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Jack Whitehall on Inside No. 9

Jack Whitehall had absolutely no hesitation in saying "yes" the moment he was offered a part in the second season of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's latest inspired comedy series, Inside No. 9.