Eddie Izzard runs into a Palestinian storm
30/03/2017 … He has impeccable left-wing credentials and is famed for preaching tolerance… but Eddie Izzard has found himself at the centre of protests over a gig he performed…
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Thu 30 March 2017
© Steve Ullathorne Sue Perkins to host the Baftas
30/03/2017 … SUE PERKINS is to host this year's Bafta TV Awards, replacing Graham Norton, who has done the job for the past nine years.
Russell Brand returns to live radio
30/03/2017 … Russell Brand is to return to live radio this Sunday with a new show on Radio X.
Gervais defends his 'dead baby' joke
Grieving couple walk out in distress
30/03/2017 … Ricky Gervais has hit back after a couple walked out of his stand-up show over a joke about a dead baby.
Wed 29 March 2017
Matt Lucas's memoirs out this autumn
29/03/2017 … MATT LUCAS's memoirs, Little Me, are to be published on October 3, it has been announced.
The B'Stard is back!
The New Statesman revisited, three years after Rik Mayall's death
29/03/2017 … A spin-off from classic political sitcom The New Statesman could be on the cards – three years after the death of its star Rik Mayall.
Chris Addison to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reboot
With Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson
29/03/2017 … Chris Addison is to direct the female-led remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Alexander Armstrong to host ITV game show
'It'll be like 10 referendums a night'.
29/03/2017 … Alexander Armstrong is to front a new game show for ITV.