© BBC The one line Malcolm Tucker wasn't allowed to say...
As Armando Iannucci once recalled
14/10/2021 … A timely story from The Thick Of It comes courtesy of the Popbitch newsletter tonight.
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Thu 14 October 2021
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© Yoshitaka Kono Kae Kurd to host Edinburgh TV awards
...which will honour Killing Eve's Jodie Comer
14/10/2021 … Kae Kurd is to host this year’s Edinburgh TV Awards, it has been announced.
Les Dennis in Sideshow
Trailer for new comedy thriller
14/10/2021 … Here's the first look at Les Dennis as a washed-up psychic in the new comedy movie Sideshow.
© CBS Brett Goldstein writes new Apple TV+ comedy
Shrinking reunites him with Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence
14/10/2021 … Brett Goldstein is writing a new comedy for Apple TV+ with his Ted Lasso colleague Bill Lawrence.
© Will Bremridge Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show
A brilliant parody of Fleabag... and beyond
14/10/2021 … One-Woman Show is an exquisite parody of the phenomenon that is Fleabag.
© Big Talk/Four Eyes Christopher Walken made me an omelette... which I was not expecting
Stephen Merchant on his new comedy-drama The Outlaws
14/10/2021 … Not much good has come from Brexit and Donald Trump… but today’s divisive politics has at least inspired a new TV venture from Stephen Merchant.
Wed 13 October 2021
© BBC Robert Webb quits Strictly Come Dancing
'I've bitten off way more than I could chew,' says star, two years after heart operation
13/10/2021 … Robert Webb has quit Strictly Come Dancing because of his heart problems.
© Matt Crockett 'You’ve got to try to pursue the stuff that makes you feel most alive'
13/10/2021 … As Mark Watson tours his new stand-up show This Can’t Be It, he talks about striving to live his best life, keeping busy during lockdown – but…