Wed 20 July 2016
The Rebel
20/07/2016 … ’Television is obsessed by the youth,’ says Simon Callow in Gold’s new sitcom The Rebel.
10x10: The family business
3. Sons and daughters of the famous
20/07/2016 … Comedy seems to be producing dynasties, with a new generation of performers coming from famous parents.
Nish Kumar fights deportation
...in a new film with Tez Ilyas
20/07/2016 … Tez Ilyas and Nish Kumar have made a short film about deporting immigrants for the BBC.
Now it's Dr Peter Kay
Honorary degree from his old uni
20/07/2016 … Peter Kay has received an honorary doctorate from his old university.
Rare Kenny Everett footage uncovered
Local radio shows lost for four decades
20/07/2016 … Recordings of comedian Kenny Everett working on local radio stations have been unearthed after more than 40 years.
Justin Moorhouse goes to the Olympics
Comic cuts Fringe run to cover Games
20/07/2016 … Justin Moorhouse has cancelled the first two weeks of his Edinburgh run to cover the Olympics for the major broadcaster that is… furniture store DFS.