© Channel 4 Ellie Taylor to front two new Channel 4 shows
Based on police interrogations – and filming sex scenes
09/03/2022 … Ellie Taylor is to front two new entertainment shows for Channel 4.
2022 News
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Wed 09 March 2022
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© Helen Maybanks 2022 Olivier Award nominees announced
09/03/2022 … The Shark Is Broken and Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) are among the shows nominated for best entertainment or comedy play at this year’s…
© C4 Channel 4 backs Jimmy Carr
Second series of I Literally Just Told You ordered
09/03/2022 … Channel 4 has refused to bow to pressure to ‘cancel’ Jimmy Carr –and announced a second series of his game show I Literally Just Told You.
Tue 08 March 2022
© BBC Walliams and Lucas bring back Rock Profile
...and Kylie Minogue appears in Ghosts, all for Comic Relief
08/03/2022 … Before Little Britain came Rock Profile – and now David Walliams and Matt Lucas are reuniting to revive the cult sketches that first made their…
© BBC/Comic Relief French and Saunders go into The Repair Shop
08/03/2022 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will be popping into The Repair Shop in a new Comic Relief sketch.
Mon 07 March 2022
© BBC Open All Hours star Lynda Baron dies at 82
Other roles included the children's show Come Outside
07/03/2022 … Lynda Baron, best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours, has died at the age of 82.
© Monstera/Pexels Why women can get away with telling bad jokes
Society judges them less harshly, study finds
07/03/2022 … People are more forgiving of women who crack bad jokes than they are of men, a new study has found.
Radio 4 orders another series from comic Jamie MacDonald
More stories about losing his sight
07/03/2022 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Jamie MacDonald’s stand-up show Life On The Blink.