Armando Iannucci 'to be made a CBE'
Despite savaging Rishi Sunak over Covid
13/06/2024 … Armando Iannucci is to be recognised in the King’s birthday honours, it has been reported today.
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Thu 13 June 2024
Larry Dean to host a celeb scandal podcast
13/06/2024 … Larry Dean has signed up to co-host a new BBC Sounds podcast with Stacey Dooley In Famously…On Trial the pair put celebrities in the dock’ to…
Wed 12 June 2024
© Netflix London Hughes has two TV shows in the pipeline
Including one based on her stand-up breakthrough. To Catch A D*ck
12/06/2024 … London Hughes is working on two TV series with Kevin Hart’s production company – including a spin-off from her breakthough stand-up show, To Catch…
Mortimer and Whitehouse land an eighth series of Gone Fishing
Show will focus on places important to Paul or Bob
12/06/2024 … The BBC has commissioned an eighth series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Tue 11 June 2024
Mad Ron launches a podcast
‘Uxbridge’s third hardest man’ tries to recruit comics to his gang
11/06/2024 … Hardman comedy character Mad Ron is launching a podcast on Monday.
© nstagram/auliarakhman90 Indonesian comedian jailed for Mohammed joke
Aulia Rakhman sentenced to seven months
11/06/2024 … An Indonesian comedian has been jailed for seven months for making a joke involving the name ‘Muhammad’.
Katherine Ryan extends Battleaxe tour
11/06/2024 … Katherine Ryan has extended her Battleaxe tour into the summer 2025.
BBC films major profile of Billy Connolly
In My Own Words to look at his career with ‘unflinching honesty’
11/06/2024 … Billy Connolly is to look back at his career in a significant new BBC film.