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© BBC 'Hate crime' complaints dismissed
14/01/2021 … Police are to take no further action against Sophie Duker over her ‘kill whitey’ joke on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order.
Part of a new two-hour documentary
14/01/2021 … Never-before-seen rehearsal footage from the Vicar Of Dibley is to be broadcast in a new documentary about the sitcom.
Actress played student Tammy Metlzer
14/01/2021 … Jessica Campbell, who starred in the 1999 black comedy Election has died at the age of 38.
© Dave Hogan/C4 Documentary to mark ten years of the sitcom, as producer says no more episodes are planned
14/01/2021 … Channel 4 is to celebrate a decade of Friday Night Dinner – after it was revealed that the long-running sitcom will probably not return.
Standing in for Steph McGovern
14/01/2021 … Bill Bailey is to make his live TV presenting debut tomorrow, standing in for Steph McGovern.
Both seasons now shooting back-to-back
13/01/2021 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Stephen Merchant comedy-drama The Offenders before the first has even aired.
13/01/2021 … Nigel Ng has found himself at the centre of a censorship row after removing a video collaboration with a YouTuber critical of the Beijing regime.
© BBC/Baby Cow With Simon Bird joining as director
13/01/2021 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Pls Like, its mockumentary series spoofing online influencers And Inbetweeners and Friday Night Dinner star Simon Bird has…
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