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Ken Cheng and Leila Navabi host CBBC show
Tuesday 27th April 2021
Comedians Ken Cheng and Leila Navabi are the hosts of Don't Blame Me, Blame My Brain, a new CBBC series focused around answering science-based questions.
Katherine Ryan hosts ITV2 dating game show Ready To Mingle
Monday 26th April 2021
Katherine Ryan will host Ready To Mingle, a dating game show coming to ITV2 this autumn.
Maddy Anholt becomes Women's Aid ambassador
Thursday 22nd April 2021
Comedian Maddy Anholt is the new Women's Aid ambassador for Love Respect, a website to support teenage girls at risk of relationship abuse and to challenge myths surrounding coercive control and abuse.
Mel & Sue plotting live comedy return
Friday 16th April 2021
Mel & Sue are planning to return to live comedy as a double act, Giedroyc has revealed. She said: "The last conversation that Sue and I had a few days ago, we ended up saying, 'When the Edinburgh Festival's back on again, shall we do it?'".
Paul Merton and Suki Webster to film Channel 5 motorhome series
Monday 12th April 2021
Married comedians Paul Merton and Suki Webster are to film a Channel 5 series titled Motorhoming With Merton & Webster.
Ricky Gervais to launch new podcast
Thursday 8th April 2021
Ricky Gervais is launching a new podcast about "being human". Absolutely Mental will feature the comic in conversation with American neuroscientist Sam Harris.
Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter dies aged 54
Tuesday 6th April 2021
Paul Ritter, who plays Martin in Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour.
Lost Voice Guy finds his Geordie voice
Thursday 1st April 2021
Stand-up comedian Lee Ridley is getting a new voice, after a competition to find him a genuine Geordie accent. Actor and voiceover artist Dan Pye will now provide the voice for Ridley's communication aid.
Sitcom creators Marks & Gran to publish comedy writing guide
Thursday 1st April 2021
Sitcom writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are publishing a comedy writing guide, collecting together scripts from pilot episodes of their most celebrated shows, with essays on each.
Comedian Leo Kearse to run for Scots Parliament
Sunday 28th March 2021
Award-winning comedian Leo Kearse is to stand for election to the Scottish Parliament in Glasgow, in protest at the SNP's "vague" and "authoritarian" Hate Crime Bill.