Eshaan Akbar and Jamie MacDonald sign up for Celebrity MasterChef
20/06/2024 … Comedians Eshaan Akbar and Jamie MacDonald are taking part in this year’s Celebrity MasterChef, the BBC has announced.
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Thu 20 June 2024
© Hugo Glendinning Fawlty Towers extends its West End run
Three more months for John Cleese’s comedy
20/06/2024 … John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers has extended its West End run.
© C4/Avalon Extortionate! Fans' fury at Taskmaster Live ticket prices
65-minute immersive experience costs up to £100 a head
20/06/2024 … Taskmaster fans are up in arms after discovering the live experience costs up to £100 a head.
Wed 19 June 2024
'It IS still possible to make a sitcom on a BBC budget'
Broadcaster's comedy chief Jon Petrie on his quest for home-grown stories
19/06/2024 … BBC comedy chief John Petrie has insisted ‘it is still possible to make a sitcom on a BBC budget’ – despite production companies increasingly…
© C4 Last Leg gets an election special
19/06/2024 … The Last Leg is to air a two-hour election special the night after polling day.
Steve Coogan’s Dr. Strangelove extends its run
As adapted by Armando Iannucci andSean Foley
19/06/2024 … Steve Coogan’s stage version of Dr.
© Netflix Everybody Hates Chris comes back - as an animation
19/06/2024 … Everybody Hates Chris is getting an animated revival.
Nina Conti announces 2025 tour
As her new movie prepares to hit the festival circuit
19/06/2024 … Nina Conti has announced a 2025 tour of her new live show Whose Face Is It Anyway? The comic and ventriloquist launches the show at the Edinburgh …