Poking the Queen
22/04/2016 … • 'Offence is the collateral damage of freedom of speech' Ricky Gervais.
2016 Archives
Fri 22 April 2016
James Acaster to host BBC Three talk show
Probing his guests' musical tastes
22/04/2016 … James Acaster is to host a music series for BBC Three.
Doug Anthony All Stars return to Edinburgh
22/04/2016 … The Doug Anthony Allstars are to return to Edinburgh after an absence of more than 20 years.
© BBC Kelvin McKenzie slates Victoria Wood
Columnist rapped as 'an awful excuse for a human being'
22/04/2016 … Sun columnist Kelvin McKenzie has prompted a storm of outrage after writing that he 'never found Victoria Wood remotely funny'.
© BBC Getting On duo create squatters' comedy
Sitcom in development in the US
22/04/2016 … Getting On creators Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan are developing a new show for America’s IFC network.
Thu 21 April 2016
Mitchell and Webb shoot new comedy Back
21/04/2016 … Filming has begun on David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s new sitcom pilot.