A tight 5: April 11

THE TRIP To Italy, W1A and Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells's Sky Living sitcom Doll & Em have been shortlisted in the comedy category of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, which will be handed out at a ceremony hosted by Melvyn Bragg at the Savoy in London on June 7.

BILL MAHER has told those outraged by his joke comparing ex-One Direction heartthrob Zayn Malik to Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to 'do something useful with your life'. The comic had been accused of Islamophobia over the gag because Malik is a Muslim, but said: 'We threw up a picture of the guy from One Direction and we threw up a picture of the Tsarnaev kid. They look alike. That's the whole joke… I understand why teenage girls are upset; they're teenage girls. Anybody else that is upset is acting like a teenage girl.'

REBECCA HUMPHRIES won this year's Musical Comedy Awards following a final in London last night last night. The comedian, who made her Edinburgh debut last year with the Disney parody Dizney Rascal took the title at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Runners-up were new Oxford-based double act DW, while third place was shared between Peter Bazely and Baron Fingolfin. Best newcomer was trombonist Faye Treacy.

THE SIMPSONS will no longer be released on DVD. Showrunner Al Jean blamed the 'collapse' of the market and rise of downloads, adding: 'I personally am very sorry to see DVDs discontinue. We did them purely for the love of hearing ourselves talk.'

NETFLIX has signed a deal to distribute Matt Lucas's near-wordless comedy Pompidou. It will be available to subscribers worldwide – except Australia and New Zealand – from Wednesday, and in the UK from later in the year. Lucas said: 'The one thing that everyone in the world has in common with each other is laughter and the aim of Pompidou is to reach out across the globe.'

Published: 11 Apr 2015