© Hungry McBear / BBC Michael McIntyre beats X Factor
21/11/2016 … Michael McIntyre proved more popular than X Factor on Saturday night.
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Mon 21 November 2016
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Filming starts on new Outnumbered
See how the kids have changed in the first new episode for three years
21/11/2016 … Filming has begun on the new Outnumbered Christmas special – the first new episode of the family sitcom in nearly three years.
© BBC/Roughcut Sexy Murder gets a bigger release
Rich Fulcher's BBC spoof comes to iPlayer
21/11/2016 … The BBC is re-releasing Sexy Murder, its spoof of true crime series such as Making A Murderer and The Serial podcast, as a single half-hour episode.
© BBC New BBC sitcom for Angus Deayton
Playing a middle-aged man in a houseshare
21/11/2016 … Angus Deayton is to star in a new radio sitcom.
© Home Office / Creative Commons Now Ofcom raps Queen jokes
Fresh censure for Radio 4 panel show
21/11/2016 … The episode of Radio 4 panel show Don’t Make Me Laugh that joked about the Queen’s sex life on her 90th birthday has been rapped by broadcast watchdog…
Sun 20 November 2016
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Was Peter Kay homophobic on Strictly?
Viewers split over Judge Rinder joke
20/11/2016 … Peter Kay has been accused of making a homophobic joke on Strictly Come Dancing last night.
Something's afoot with Seann Walsh
Comic cancel gig after his foot mysterious swells ip
20/11/2016 … Seann Walsh has been forced to cancel a gig tonight, after his foot mysteriously swelled up, leaving him in agony.