© Georges Biard/CC BY-SA 3.0 Andie MacDowell to join Cuckoo
Hollywood star to play Ivy in BBC sitcom
18/01/2018 … Andie MacDowell is to join BBC comedy Cuckoo, according to reports from the US.
2018 Archives
Thu 18 January 2018
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Jimmy Carr reveals how he broke his wrist
... as he tries to wangle a royal wedding invitation
18/01/2018 … Quad biking with Russell Crowe … It sounds like one of Alan Partridge’s more desperate ideas, but it’s actually how Jimmy Carr came to break…
© ITV Vic Reeves wins phone hacking settlement
Rupert Murdoch's papers pay up
18/01/2018 … Vic Reeves has received a last-minute settlement over phone hacking from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian The right scenes, in the right order
Fan reassembles Inside No 9 with the right timeline
18/01/2018 … Inside No 9 pulled off the impressive feat of running its latest episode, Once Removed, in reverse chronology – with each act taking place before the one that…
Tim Minchin and other Aussie comics in Squinters
18/01/2018 … Here’s the first trailer for Squinters, a new Australian comedy featuring Tim Minchin.
Amazon axes Tig Notaro's One Mississippi
Web giant 'moving away from niche comedy'
18/01/2018 … Tig Notaro’s acclaimed comedy show One Mississippi has been cancelled after two series.
© BBC BBC orders Martin Clunes sitcom
Playing a driving instructor called Warren
18/01/2018 … The BBC has commissioned Martin Clunes’s sitcom comeback, Warren, following a successful pilot.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd in hospital with chest infection
18/01/2018 … Sir Ken Dodd is in hospital with a severe chest infection.