© Channel 4 Richard Ayoade to host the Crystal Maze
13/01/2017 … Richard Ayoade has been named as the new host of the Crystal Maze.
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Fri 13 January 2017
© Channel 4 
Sky drops Michael Jackson comedy
Following row over Joseph Fiennes casting
13/01/2017 … Sky has dropped its controversial comedy episode in which Joseph Fiennes plays Michael Jackson.
New Arrested Development 'really close'
13/01/2017 … A FIFTH series of Arrested Development is ‘really close’ to being agreed, executive producer Brian Grazer has revealed.
Thu 12 January 2017
Glasgow comedy fest launches its 2017 programme
12/01/2017 … The Glasgow comedy festival has launched its 2017 programme, featuring more than 470 shows over its 18 days.
© Rose d'Or John Cleese's 'new' farce
...and there was a dead parrot involved
12/01/2017 … John Cleese has adapted a 19th century farce for the stage… and it involves a dead parrot.
© CBS James Corden joins Ocean's Eight
Supporting role in female-led heist reboot
12/01/2017 … James Corden is to appear in Ocean’s Eight.
Lucy Beaumont to front Hull documentary
12/01/2017 … Lucy Beaumont is to present a BBC documentary about her home town of Hull.
Timothy Spall channels the comedy greats
12/01/2017 … Timothy Spall plays a raft of comic greats, including Max Wall, George Formby, Tony Hancock and Max Miller, in an ambitious new film.