2016 Archives
Tue 12 January 2016
2.9m see Tracey Ullman's return
But sketch show divides critics
12/01/2016 … Tracey Ullman's return to British TV proved a ratings success last night.
Elly's on the telly
DeGeneres's talk show finds a UK home
12/01/2016 … Ellen DeGeneres’s US talk show is coming to the UK.
This research into sarcasm is really important
Older people don't get the joke
12/01/2016 … Older people are not as good at getting sarcastic jokes, because they take the statements too literally.
Edinburgh Fringe gets a new chief executive
Shona McCarthy takes over in March
12/01/2016 … Shona McCarthy has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Big Bang Query
Neil Delamere to host new comedy-science quiz
12/01/2016 … Irish comedian Neil Delamere is to host a new comedy-science panel show.
Now it's Dr Jo Brand
12/01/2016 … JO BRAND has today picked up her honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University.
Mon 11 January 2016
'Remember Bowie's Nazi leanings'
Robert Newman strikes a 'dissonant note' on stage
11/01/2016 … Comedian Rob Newman has reacted to the wave of posthumous admiration for David Bowie, by criticising the cultural icon’s flirtation with Nazism.