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But he admits some of the criticism was 'bang on'
26/03/2023 … Dara O Briain has admitted that criticism of early series of Mock The Week for being too combative and not diverse enough was ‘bang on’.
On what would have been his 100th birthday
25/03/2023 … ITV is to broadcast Eric Sykes's epsiode of This Is Your Life to celebrate the centenary of the comedian and writer's birth.
The reason he pulled out of panto in Dublin this week
25/03/2023 … John Bishop has revealed that he had to pull out of the Mother Goose panto this week because of the 'heartbreaking' death of his mother, In a touching…
24/03/2023 … James Acaster has joined the cast of the new Ghostbusters film.
Comic apologises for using term in newly unearthed footage
24/03/2023 … Alfie Brown may not have had his gigs cancelled for using a racist slur in his stand-up, Chortle understands.
© C4 While Jack Rooke wins breakthrough award
24/03/2023 … Derry Girls and This is Going To Hurt were both double winners at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Jenny Eclair and Judith Holder take their Older and Wider podcast to the stage
24/03/2023 … Jenny Eclair and her Grumpy Old Women co-writer Judith Holder are to perform a live version of their Older and Wider podcast in London.
To talk about his music project Temps
23/03/2023 … James Acaster has joined the line-up of this year’s Latitude festival.
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