Alan Partridge 'will be the BBC's voice of Brexit'
Steve Coogan also reveals possible Richard III film
03/08/2017 … Alan Partridge will be the ‘voice of Brexit’ when he returns to the BBC next year.
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Birmingham festival announces line-up
03/08/2017 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 line-up.
Joan Rivers' personal archives to be published
'Revelatory' book out in October
03/08/2017 … A new side of Joan Rivers is to be revealed in a new book, compiled from her previously unpublished personal archives.
© BBC Peter Cook's Establishment Club revived for TV
... thanks to Moscow-backed RT
03/08/2017 … The satirical anarchy of Peter Cook’s Establishment Club is to be revived on TV – courtesy of the Russian government.
Wed 02 August 2017
© BBC/Endemol Shine Nish Kumar to host TV awards
02/08/2017 … Nish Kumar has been announced as the host of the prestigious Edinburgh TV Awards.
Iain Stirling and Frankie Boyle sell out Fringe runs
...and we've only just started
02/08/2017 … Iain Stirling, Frankie Boyle and Sara Pascoe have sold out their Edinburgh Fringe runs before the festival kicks off.
© Ewen Roberts/Creative Commons Jessica Hynes directs her first movie
02/08/2017 … Jessica Hynes is directing her first film.
Helen Lederer enters Celebrity Big Brother
...but the odds are against her winning
02/08/2017 … Helen Lederer was among the celebrities to enter the 2017 Celebrity Big Brother house last night.