Tom Allen to front Bake Off Christmas special
13/11/2020 … Tom Allen is to stand in for Noel Fielding for the Great British Bake Off Christmas special.
2020 News
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The IT Crowd named Britain's funniest sitcom
12/11/2020 … The IT Crowd has been named Britain’s funniest sitcom using a scientific - if fairly blunt – way of measuring quality.
© ITV Lee Mack is to host a new ITV primetime quiz show
The 1% Club coming this winter
12/11/2020 … Lee Mack is to host a new ITV primetime quiz show, The 1% Club.
Third series for Dear Joan and Jericha
Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine’s podcast to return
12/11/2020 … Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine’s hit podcast Dear Joan and Jericha is to return for a third season next week.
Jennifer Saunders to host car-based interview series
Pilot with Michael Sheen to air this Christmas
12/11/2020 … Jennifer Saunders is to host a new talk show in which she drives her guest around in a classic Jaguar E-Type.
ITV to pay tribute to Billy Connolly
Including a new interview with the star
12/11/2020 … ITV is to pay tribute to Billy Connolly with a one-off special this Christmas.
© BBC Famalam up for a Rose d'Or
As are Aisling Bea’s This Way Up, Mae Martin’s Feel Good and mroe
12/11/2020 … Famalam and a raft of British sitcoms have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Rose D’Or international TV award.
People Just Do Nothing release a second series of their podcast
With guests including Matt Lucas and Lolly Adefope
12/11/2020 … The People Just Do Nothing crew have made a second series of their podcast.