Joan Rivers' family settle lawsuit
'Those culpable for her death have accepted responsibility'
13/05/2016 … Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa has settled the lawsuit with the New York clinic where the comedian went into cardiac arrest.
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Missing Hancocks to return
BBC re-recording five more lost episodes
12/05/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of The Missing Hancocks, despite star Kevin McNally sparking rumours that it had been cancelled.
Still Game to return
Back on BBC One after nine-year absence
12/05/2016 … Still Game is to return to TV, almost nine years after its last series, and promoted to BBC One.
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Which comedians have been honoured with plaques
12/05/2016 … Tommy Cooper today becomes only the 12th comedian to be honoured with a blue plaque – although he is one of the more famous to modern minds.
Tommy Cooper honoured
12/05/2016 … Tommy Cooper will today be honoured with a blue plaque at the West London family home where he lived for almost 30 years.
Amused Moose Laugh Off 2016
Gig review by Paul Fleckney at The Hippodrome, London
12/05/2016 … The Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square was the venue for this year’s Amused Moose Laugh Off final – previously won by Jack Whitehall, Sarah Millican,…
Alice Marshall: Vicious
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
12/05/2016 … The cavalcade of caricatures in Alice Marshall’s debut showcase have a nastier edge than most, so there can be no accusations of misrepresentation when it comes…
Seann Walsh gets away from it all...
12/05/2016 … Seann Walsh is to play some of the most remote venues in Scotland as part of his next tour.