Josh Widdicombe joins Strictly Come Dancing
Comedian will be in this year’s Christmas show
11/11/2024 … Josh Widdicombe has been announced as the first celebrity to be taking part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.
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Mon 11 November 2024
© UKTV Taskmaster up for a Rose D’Or
As are The Skewer, Rob & Romesh Vs and We Are Lady Parts, among others
11/11/2024 … Taskmaster, The Skewer and Rob & Romesh Vs are among the nominees in this year’s prestigious Rose D’Or international TV awards.
Sun 10 November 2024
Janey Godley’s final tour
Comedian's funeral cortege to pass through Edinburgh and Glasgow
10/11/2024 … Janey Godley’s funeral procession will take place over two days, taking in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, in what her daughter Ashley Storrie dubbed a ‘final…
Jack Dee is back on the road
The best of the week's live comedy
10/11/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,512 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Channel 4 Lenny Henry meets a legend of comedy
...and the BBC tries to find some future ones in this week's comedy on TV and radio
10/11/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday November 10 WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: This week Babatunde Aleshe and…
Sat 09 November 2024
© BBC/Guy Levy 'Chris McCausland is a phenomenon'
Fans go wild for comic's latest Strictly dance
09/11/2024 … Chris McCausland returned to the middle of the Strictly leaderboard tonight, after a couple of wobbly weeks.
Comics sign up for Lotto series about making dreams come true
Seann Walsh, Olga Koch and Eddie Kadi live out fantasies
09/11/2024 … Seann Walsh, Olga Koch and Eddie Kadi star in a new series promoting the National Lottery.
Fri 08 November 2024
© Netflix Ricky Gervais is nominated for his first Grammy
For a special the critics hated
08/11/2024 … Ricky Gervais has been nominated for his first Grammy award – for a show that was roundly hated by critics.