© BBC School's out! Bad Education comes to an end
BBC confirms 'no plans' for a sixth series
21/06/2024 … Bad Education won't be returning for a sixth series, the BBC has confirmed.
Fri 21 June 2024
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Eshaan Akbar and Jamie MacDonald sign up for Celebrity MasterChef
20/06/2024 … Comedians Eshaan Akbar and Jamie MacDonald are taking part in this year’s Celebrity MasterChef, the BBC has announced.
Earth Exchange's hall of fame – and infamy
Part two of our series about the influential London comedy venue
20/06/2024 … Following yesterday's introduction to the Earth Exchange – a significant venue in the early days of alternative comedy – today its promoter…
© Hugo Glendinning Fawlty Towers extends its West End run
Three more months for John Cleese’s comedy
20/06/2024 … John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers has extended its West End run.
© C4/Avalon Extortionate! Fans' fury at Taskmaster Live ticket prices
65-minute immersive experience costs up to £100 a head
20/06/2024 … Taskmaster fans are up in arms after discovering the live experience costs up to £100 a head.
Wed 19 June 2024
© Maha Roberts/Facebook Earth Exchange: The most alternative of alternative comedy clubs
Personal memories of a vital venue in the circuit's history – from the man who ran it
19/06/2024 … When the story of the alternative comedy revolution of the late 1970s and early 1980s is told, the focus is usually on the Comedy Store and the Comic Strip…
'It IS still possible to make a sitcom on a BBC budget'
Broadcaster's comedy chief Jon Petrie on his quest for home-grown stories
19/06/2024 … BBC comedy chief John Petrie has insisted ‘it is still possible to make a sitcom on a BBC budget’ – despite production companies increasingly…
© C4 Last Leg gets an election special
19/06/2024 … The Last Leg is to air a two-hour election special the night after polling day.