BBC orders Dane Baptiste sitcom
Exclusive: Sunny D pilot picked up for a series
21/12/2015 … Dane Baptiste has landed his own BBC Three sitcom, after the success of a pilot earlier this year.
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Mon 21 December 2015
And the winner is... Miss Take
Up to 1billion see comic Steve Harvey's beauty pageant error
21/12/2015 … Comedian Steve Harvey made the biggest mistake of his career last night – when he named the WRONG beauty queen as winner of Miss Universe.
Bad noose for The Simpsons
Show rapped over Homer's hanging
21/12/2015 … It's a familiar scene in the Simpsons: a frustrated Homer with his hands around Bart's neck, muttering: 'Why you little…'But now TV watchdogs have ruled that…
Joe Lycett to host Radio 4 panel show
Taking over It’s Not What You Know from Miles Jupp
21/12/2015 … Joe Lycett is to become the new host of Radio 4 panel show It's Not What You Know.
Matt Forde pilots topical BBC Two show
Satirical programme seeks new writers
21/12/2015 … Political comedian Matt Forde is piloting a new satirical show for BBC Two.
Sun 20 December 2015
From punchlines to punches
20 comedians to fight on boxing night
20/12/2015 … Twenty comedians, including Carl Donnelly, Phil Nichol and Patrick Monahan, are to step into the ring for a boxing extravaganza.
Adam Buxton's BaadDad Nigel dies at 91
War veteran, journalist – and unlikely music critic
20/12/2015 … Adam Buxton's father Nigel, known to millions comedy fans as BaadDad, has died at the age of 91.
