© BBC Tributes paid to Dad's Army star Ian Lavender
05/02/2024 … Tributes have been paid to Dad's Army actor Ian Lavender, who has died at the age of 77.
2024 Archives
Mon 05 February 2024
© BBC 
Alan Partridge and Philomena Cunk are back
BBC announces a raft of new commissions
05/02/2024 … Alan Partridge is confirmed to return with a new documentary series is a new raft of comedy shows announced by the BBC today.
New podcast for Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd
05/02/2024 … Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd are to host a new podcast sharing their ‘subversive and darkly funny opinions’.
© Channel 4 Comedians line up for Celebrity Bake-Off 2024
David O'Doherty, Suzi Ruffell, Rhod Gilbert, Adam Hills and more
05/02/2024 … Comics Adam Hills, David O’Doherty, Fern Brady, Munya Chawawa, Leigh Francis, Rhod Gilbert and Suzi Ruffell are to take part in the next series of Celebrity…
Edinburgh Fringe sets up an 'artists' village' of cheaper accommodation
Hundreds of rooms in QMU's Musselburgh campus
05/02/2024 … Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have signed a deal with the city’s Queen Margaret University to provide accommodation for hundreds of festival participants.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle wins his fifth Grammy
For a speech criticising those who call him out on trans jokes
05/02/2024 … Dave Chappelle won this year’s best comedy album Grammy for a show clapping back at cancel culture.
John-Luke Roberts’ Sound Heap to return
'Podcast of infinite podcasts’ finds a home on US network
05/02/2024 … John-Luke Roberts’ podcast Sound Heap is to return after nearly three years away.
Sun 04 February 2024
Lou Sanders gets to skate another day
Comedian survives a second Dancing On Ice skate-off
04/02/2024 … Lou Sanders and her professional partner Brendyn Hatfield danced a slow romantic routine to What a Wonderful World by Eva Cassidy The comedian scored…