Andree Melly dies at 87
Star of Just A Minute and Hancock's Half Hour
28/02/2020 … Andree Melly, the last surviving cast member of the Hancock’s Half Hour radio cast and a one-time regular on Just A Minute, has died at the age of 87.
2020 Archives
Fri 28 February 2020
Shock comedy
Stand-up wins £1,000 for wiring himself up to electricity...
28/02/2020 … Who needs material when you can just wire yourself up to electricity for a laugh? Stand-up Sean Turner has just won £1,000 in a comedy competition…
Richard Ayoade pilots new game show
Players write the questions in Who's Asking?
28/02/2020 … Richard Ayoade is piloting a new comedy game show in which the players write the questions.
Channel 4 orders a new comedy from Brian and Domhnall Gleeson
New series about a 'misanthropic, narcissistic, fantasist'
28/02/2020 … Channel 4 has ordered a new comedy series from actor brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson.
Thu 27 February 2020
More comics join Teenage Cancer Trust benefit
27/02/2020 … The line-up of comics taking part in the annual Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night at London's Royal Albert Hall has been announced.
2Northdown's new act finalists named
27/02/2020 … The finalists have been announced for 2Northdown's New Act of 2020 award.
© UKTV Meet The Richardsons
27/02/2020 … If you were looking for a British answer to Larry David, you could do worse than set-in-his-ways curmudgeon Jon Richardson.
Grandstand theme – now with lyrics
27/02/2020 … Did you know the theme tune to BBC One's Grandstand had lyrics? Well, it didn't – until now.