Red Dwarf's made-up word 'smeg' and the insult 'pimhole' from A Bit Of Fry & Laurie feature in a YouGov poll looking at which swearwords Britons find most offensive.
To mark the launch of TV series Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham, the public are invited to put themselves forward to "meet a Brummie from another Mummy" via The Brum Hole, a live portal in Victoria Square on 22nd April.
Ted Lasso star Juno Temple is to lead The Husbands, a new, London-set comedy drama for Apple TV+, about a woman whose attic generates an infinite number of husbands, based on the debut novel by Holly Gramazio.
Jon Richardson is joining the cast of the BBC's school drama Waterloo Road, after April Fooling most of the nation's media into thinking he was quitting comedy to become a real teacher.
