© Avalon/Mark Harrison Splitting Image
Revived satire show divides early critics
03/10/2020 … The revival of Spitting Image has divided critics - with early reviews falling into either the two-star or four-star camps.
2020 Archives
Sat 03 October 2020
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BBC orders a tribute to Victoria Wood
Based on a secret list she made of her favourite sketches
03/10/2020 … The BBC is to pay tribute to Victoria Wood using a newly unearthed list of her favourite sketches.
Fri 02 October 2020
Happy birthday, Groucho!
02/10/2020 … Here's the last of Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy to watch at home.
So Trump got Covid...
02/10/2020 … Tweets of the week Breaking: Trump says he cannot release the results of his Covid test because they are under audit — Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) October…
'You look just like Sara Pascoe'
The comic on getting recognised... sort of
02/10/2020 … Sara Pascoe says someone once approached her on the London Tube to say: ‘I am so sorry, this is going to sound ever so strange, but you look just like…
© BBC BBC gets 1,305 complaints for 'kill whitey' joke
Grumbles after Sophie Duker's Frankie Boyle appearance
02/10/2020 … BBC chiefs have revealed that they received 1,305 complaints after Sophie Duker joked about killing while people.
Absolutely Fabulous! Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley reunite
Pair back together for Sky's There’s Something About Movie
02/10/2020 … Jennifer Saunders is to be reunited with her Ab Fab co-star Joanna Lumley on Sky One’s panel show There’s Something About Movies.
Sue Perkins vs the homophobe
Comic hit back at verbal abuse
02/10/2020 … Sue Perkins has revealed she has been the victim of her 'first homophobic insult in 20 years'.