© C4 Drop The Dead Donkey's 'Henry Davenport' dies
20/04/2016 … David Swift, the actor who played Henry Davenport in the Drop the Dead Donkey, has died days before his 86th birthday.
2016 Archives
Wed 20 April 2016
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Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night 2016
20/04/2016 … This year’s Teenage Cancer Trust benefit certainly had an eclectic line-up, from alternative comedy pin-ups Stewart Lee and Josie Long to as-mainstream-as-it-gets…
© BBC Eight of Victoria Wood's funniest moments
20/04/2016 … Two Soups Acorn Antiques The World of Sacherelle Pam Song Step with Hayley Bailey University Interview Dinnerladies The Ballad of Barry and Freda A reprisal…
© BBC 'A heartbreaking day for comedy'
Stars pay tribute to Victoria Wood
20/04/2016 … Cant believe Vic has gone.
'I'm hoping it'll bring down the Monarchy'
Interview with the writers of Channel 4's The Windsors
20/04/2016 … Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie – creators of Star Stories and Pete vs Life – are the brains behind the new Channel 4 comedy The Windsors, an outlandish…
Dawn French to star in Sky 1 drama
Sex, food and secrets in Delicious
20/04/2016 … Dawn French is to star in a four-part Sky 1 drama set in rural Cornwall.
Paddy McGuinness to host car show
20/04/2016 … Paddy McGuinness is to present a new car-based show for The Travel Channel In Drive Of My Life, the Take Me Out comic will drive celebrities to places that mean…
What Lucy did next
Sky's ex-comedy boss lands US deal for her new company
20/04/2016 … Former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden has launched her own independent TV company, Yellow Door Productions, which already has a ‘first look’ deal with…