Ted Lasso Season 4 IS happening
...but I might not be in it, says Phil Dunster
22/11/2024 … Ted Lasso star Phil Dunster has confirmed that season 4 of the hit show is happening – but he’s yet to get the phone call confirming he’ll be in…
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Fri 22 November 2024
© BBC/Passion Docs/Trevor Leighton MP throws his weight behind Caroline Aherne statue plan
'It would be great to have a local acknowledgement of all she achieved'
22/11/2024 … Wythenshawe’s MP has backed plans to erect a statue to Caroline Aherne in the town she grew up.
Topical comedy What Just Happened? comes to TV
With Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean
22/11/2024 … Welsh topical comedy show What Just Happened? is coming to TV after two series on the radio.
Frankie Monroe to host a Radio 4 pub quiz
New show for Joe Kent-Walters' award-winning alter-ego
22/11/2024 … Joe Kent-Walters is recording a Radio 4 comedy show in the guise of his alter-ego Frankie Monroe.
Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains confirms its festive guests
Including Jo Brand, Jon Richardson and Loyiso Gola
22/11/2024 … The guests joining Rhod Gilbert for the first festive specials of his Comedy Central series Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains have been revealed.
© Matt Crockett Nick Mohammed’s Christmas Carol(ish) haunted by technical failure
Disappointment as gremlins derail opening night
22/11/2024 … Nick Mohammed’s festive tale A Christmas Carol(ish) has had a bumpy launch in the West End – with the official first night performance abandoned after…
© HBO James Acaster's Heckers Welcome gets a UK air date
Stand-up special comes to Sky Comedy next month
22/11/2024 … James Acaster's Hecklers Welcome special will air in the UK on December 10.
© CNN/Hat Trick America renews Have I Got News For You for a second series
Just as Donald Trump returns to the White House
22/11/2024 … The American version Have I Got News For You has been recommissioned for a second season.