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Matt Richardson to host The Comedy Games
Wednesday 30th May 2018
Stand-up comedian Matt Richardson is to host The Comedy Games, a new comedy format which also features up-and-coming comedian Ken Cheng.
Michael Palin films travel series in North Korea
Monday 21st May 2018
Monty Python star Michael Palin has filmed a new documentary series in North Korea, for Channel 5.
Jamali Maddix to film documentary series about cutting edge tech
Wednesday 16th May 2018
Stand-up comedian Jamali Maddix is filming Futureproof, a Channel 4 documentary series about the "wild west frontier of our strange new digital era".
Eric Idle making a Spamalot film
Friday 4th May 2018
Monty Python's Spamalot is being turned into a film, produced and written by creator Eric Idle.
Frankie Boyle investigates Russia in new TV specials
Tuesday 1st May 2018
Ahead of the football World Cup, Frankie Boyle has visited host country Russia to film two TV specials about the region. Frankie Goes To Russia will be on BBC Two soon.
Joe Lycett to host The Great British Sewing Bee
Friday 20th April 2018
BBC Two has confirmed that stand-up comedian Joe Lycett will be the new host of The Great British Sewing Bee when the programme returns in 2019.
Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84
Monday 16th April 2018
Neil Shand, who wrote gags for the likes of David Frost, Bob Monkhouse and Larry Grayson, has died aged 84.
Comedy writer Ronald Chesney dies aged 98
Monday 16th April 2018
Ronald Chesney - who co-wrote hit sitcoms including On The Buses, The Rag Trade and Meet The Wife with Ronald Wolfe - has died aged 98.
W1A star Alex Beckett dies
Thursday 12th April 2018
Actor Alex Beckett, whose roles included playing Barney Lumsden in W1A, has died.
Bill Maynard dies aged 89
Friday 30th March 2018
Comic actor Bill Maynard, star of the Selwyn Froggitt series amongst many others, has died at the age of 89, his family has announced.