Lynn sticks with Alan Partridge
Felicity Montagu to return in new series
20/02/2018 … Alan Partridge will have the support of his trusty – if long-suffering – personal assistant Lynn in his BBC comeback.
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Roy Chubby Brown caught parking in a disabled bay
...but it turns out it's legit
19/02/2018 … An Instagram user thought he'd got Roy Chubby Brown bang to rights, when he caught him on camera, parking in a disabled space without a blue badge.
© Financial Times/CC BY-SA 2.0 Left-wing comics 'are not voices of ethical resistance'
...and can you be funny and be taken seriously?
19/02/2018 … The idea of left-wing comedians being a powerful voice of ethical resistance is largely a myth.
How Northern comedians get pigeonholed
And how it reinforces an 'us-and-them' society
19/02/2018 … The stereotype of a ‘Northern club comedian’ reinforces an ‘us-and-them’ society that serves to holds back working-class people.
© BBC Big ratings for Hold The Sunset
But John Cleese's sitcom return divides critics
19/02/2018 … John Cleese’s first sitcom since Fawlty Towers has been a ratings hit.
BBC Three goes Dutch
New series Miss Holland from comic Eline Van Der Velden
19/02/2018 … The BBC has commissioned a new series in which Dutch comedian Eline Van Der Velden tries to understand Britishness.
London gets a new comedy club
Another venture in the Comedy Store's old home
19/02/2018 … A new comedy club is opening in the former central London home of the Comedy Store.
Josh Widdicombe as a football manager
19/02/2018 … Josh Widdicombe reveals his Football Manager tactics in Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit tonight.