Plebs to end with a feature-length special
...but no new series for ITV2's ancient Roman sitcom
30/04/2020 … Plebs is to come to an end with a feature-length special.
2020 Archives
Thu 30 April 2020
Wed 29 April 2020
Mo Gilligan announces free gig for key workers
...as his new show comes to Channel 4
29/04/2020 … Mo Gilligan is to perform a free stand-up show for NHS and key workers.
© Fernando Pereira/Nationaal Archief/CC BY-SA 3.0 Snooker troupers!
My dad taught Abba to play snooker, says comic Rob Deering
29/04/2020 … It sounds like the sort of outlandish claim you might find on Would I Lie To You… But back in the 1970s, Rob Deering’s dad Barney taught Abba how…
© BBC/Goodnight Vienna Productions BBC One to repeat Peter Kay's Car Share
And release it as an iPlayer box set
29/04/2020 … BBC One is to repeat all 12 episodes of Peter Kay’s Car Share, the broadcaster has announced today.
Code 404
29/04/2020 … A hero slain in the line of duty is brought back from the dead, but now given a high-tech upgrade.
Tom Allen to front new ad archive show
29/04/2020 … Tom Allen is to present an archive show looking at the history of TV adverts for Channel 4.
Not me! Jennifer Saunders distances herself from PPE rant
Hoaxers spread fake news about Ab Fab creator
29/04/2020 … Jennifer Saunders has been the victim of internet hoaxers circulating a fake message about personal protective equipment (PPE).
© BBC BBC launches Galton & Simpson writing bursary
£5,500 to develop a new sitcom script
29/04/2020 … The BBC has announced a major new bursary for comedy writing in honour of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.