Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas plotting new show?

Johnny Vegas has revealed he has spent three years venting his hatred into writing a new comedy show.

Hannah Hobley leaves Benidorm

Hannah Hobley has left ITV1's award-winning sitcom Benidorm. Her character Chantelle Garvey disappeared into the sunset with her boyfriend, played by Johnny Vegas, at the end of series three. And the 21 year-old has now confirmed she will not return for the fourth series.

Johnny Vegas axed from Benidorm

Johnny Vegas has been axed from ITV1 sitcom Benidorm - as bosses draft in sexy new characters for series four. Other characters leaving the show are Martin and Kate Weedon, played by Nicholas Burns and Abigail Cruttenden.

How very British, how very self-deprecating, to name a TV series QI, meaning "quite interesting". It's a "comedy panel quiz show" hosted by the ubiquitous Stephen Fry which, in Britain, started out modestly on one of the BBC's smaller channels and has since moved to BBC One.

It's not hard to see its appeal in that country, with the combination of Fry and comedian Alan Davies, plus a revolving selection of guests. The first episode on Prime on Sunday night was, well, quite interesting. The theme was Fight or Flight, with Fry asking questions to which the panellists were expected to deliver interesting answers, if not necessarily the right ones. Why were Spitfires painted pink? What's the opposite of a flying fish? When lions fight bears, which animal wins?

The guests' efforts to deliver answers were generally nonsense, and Johnny Vegas' accent was so thick it was hard to hear what he was saying - the audience thought he was hilarious - but the answers were quite interesting and poet Pam Ayres won. The scoring system was a complete mystery but any TV which increases general knowledge has got to be a treat these days.

Johnny Vegas married couple on stage at a show

Comic Johnny Vegas "married" a couple on stage at a show - then paid for their honeymoon.

Johnny Vegas 'I could be Susan Boyle's double'

Comedian Johnny Vegas has said that he is willing to work as Susan Boyle's double if his comedy career comes to an end.

Round 3.1: Viva Johnny Vegas

Following the Red team's massive humiliation last night - a 100% clean-sweep by the Blues - Marcus begged me to review the events of the 'closely-fought first battle' (in which he was thrashed in every round) because he's "not feeling well enough to write his blog this week".

Johnny Vegas 'wants Shooting Stars return'

Johnny Vegas has revealed that he is keen to reunite with Shooting Stars hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

Popular though it may be, Benidorm, the sitcom starring Sheila Reid, can be distasteful. In tonight's penultimate episode of the third series, dishonesty pervades the Spanish seaside resort: Gavin (Hugh Sachs) learns that Troy (Paul Bazely) is apparently cheating on him, while the elaborate stories of the Oracle (Johnny Vegas) land him in a spot of bother with the local police. Elsewhere, Diana (Una Stubbs) arrives to help her recently conned son Martin (Nicholas Burns) get back on his feet.

Madge, who contributes a memorable karaoke spot to tonight's episode, must be one of the most hateful characters ever to appear in a comedy.

Another of her estranged daughters turns up unexpectedly at the hotel tonight, with her new husband in tow - an Indian doctor who speaks no English.

Along with the ongoing storyline that sees Geoff (Johnny Vegas) trying to persuade folk that he's not gay, it's like something out of the 1970s.

And there's another blast from the past as guest star Robin Askwith (from the Confessions Of... films) checks in tonight playing a cockney conman. He's the best thing in the show, with a great character face that doesn't look lived-in so much as completely trashed by squatters. He'll be hoping no one at the Solanas asks, "Can I carry your bags?"