Nordic move
Taskmaster gets two more international versions
13/09/2019 … Finland and Norway are to make their own versions of Taskmaster – following the success of other remakes in Sweden and Denmark.
Fri 13 September 2019
New SNL cast member hit by racism row
Shane Gillis used offensive language in a 2018 podcast
13/09/2019 … A new Saturday Night Live cast member has been blasted for a racist comment just hours after joining the show.
Thu 12 September 2019
Darren Walsh's video game puns
12/09/2019 … Somewhere it's been decreed that it's National Video Game Day in the US – so to mark the occasion here's a volley of puns on the subject courtesy…
Perfect Sound Whatever, by James Acaster
12/09/2019 … James Acaster’s second book covers the same annus horriblis as his current, brilliant tour show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 – but with more about the…
Comic Caimh McDonnell up for £20k book prize
12/09/2019 … Comedian turned author Caimh McDonnell has been shortlisted for a £20,000 book prize.
© Jaimie Gramston Win tickets to Billy Connolly's Sex Life Of Bandages in your local cinema
Plus DVDs and books up for grabs
12/09/2019 … Billy Connolly’s live show The Sex Life Of Bandages is to be screened in cinemas next month, a few days before an anthology of his stand-up anecdotes are published.
South Park comes to Amazon Prime
And - to a much lesser extent – Netflix
12/09/2019 … South Park has landed on Amazon Prime.
Piff The Magic Dragon makes a return to America's Got Talent
12/09/2019 … Piff The Magic Dragon – and his canine sidekick Mr Piffles – returned to America's Got Talent last night.