© UKTV Taskmaster tops 500,000 viewers
26/04/2017 … Taskmaster attracted 523,000 viewers to Dave when it returned for its fourth series last night.
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Wed 26 April 2017
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Jason Manford extends tour
26/04/2017 … Jason Manford has added 15 more dates to his Muddle Class 2018 tour.
Tue 25 April 2017
Spencer Jones shoots BBC One pilot
...as accident-prone Mister Winner
25/04/2017 … Spencer Jones has made a sitcom pilot for BBC One.
Daniel Kitson announces major London stand-up run
25/04/2017 … Daniel Kitson has announced a major two-week run of stand-up shows in London.
Nanjiani's The Big Sick gets a London screening
International premiere for acclaimed comedy
25/04/2017 … A comedy movie based on the real-life courtship of Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani is to receive its first international screening in London in June.
Alan Carr returns to Radio 2
25/04/2017 … Alan Carr is to return to Radio 2 this summer.
C4 orders builders' comedy
Dodgy duo Lee & Dean head for All4
25/04/2017 … Channel 4 is making a new comedy series about a pair of dodgy cockney builders,.
Gonged Off...
Creator of the TV format dies at 80
25/04/2017 … The man who created the Gong Show has died at the age of 80 Australian TV executive Chris Bearde created the format as an NBC show in 1976 to showcase…