A tight 5: August 16

GOLD has announced the cast of its first scripted sitcom, You, Me and Them. Former Buffy star Anthony Head and Eve Myles, who played Gwen Cooper in Torchwood, will play a couple in love, despite their 20-year age gap. The cast also includes Victoria Wood favourite Susie Blake and Jeff Rawle – the beleaguered George from Drop The Dead Donkey – as the parents of Cooper’s character, and Lindsay Duncan as the next-door neighbour. The six-part series will air later this year.

THE finalists have been named for the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition, to be held at the Edinburgh Fringe next Thursday. They are Nicky Wilkinson, Tom Taylor, Laura Mclenaghan, Alasdair Beckett King, Russ Peers, Jenny Collier, Edward Hedges, Andrew McBurney and Demi Lardner.

JOHN OLIVER’s eight-week stint hosting The Daily Show while Jon Stewart took a summer hiatus to direct a movie ended last night. And ratings show that he was as popular as the full-time host, with the satirical holding its audience in Comedy Central’s crucial young male demographic.

HEADLINERS have been announced for the Galway Comedy Festival, which runs from October 22 to 28. Sean Lock, Lee Mack, Kevin Bridges, Russell Howard, David O'Doherty, Stewart Lee, Jason Byrne, Phill Jupitus and Andrew Maxwell are among those performing. However the full line-up will not be announced until September 11.

LISA ROBIN KELLY, who played the promiscuous Laurie on That ’70s Show, has died at the age of 43. She died in her sleep after having voluntarily checked herself into a California rehab clinic on Monday.

Published: 16 Aug 2013