Russell Howard dodges boobs
26/01/2016 … Russell Howard is to front a ‘celebrity boob ball’ tournament next week.
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Tue 26 January 2016
Hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury makes it to TV
... for BBC One Comedy Playhouse
26/01/2016 … Inept hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury is to star in his own BBC One pilot.
Mark Watson pilots new TV show
Based on ...Makes The World Substantially Better
26/01/2016 … Mark Watson is working on a TV adaptation of his Radio 4 series …Makes The World Substantially Better.
Brendan O'Carroll donates £25k to tragic family
Spontaneous donation from Mrs Brown star
26/01/2016 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has donated almost £25,000 to a young family left without a mother following a car crash in Australia.
Mon 25 January 2016
Jimmy Carr's dwarf joke WAS offensive, Ofcom rules
25/01/2016 … Jimmy Carr has landed The One Show in hot water with broadcast regulators Ofcom for making jokes about dwarves.
Frank Skinner 'has no show'
Comic returns to improvised stand-up
25/01/2016 … Frank Skinner is launching a new stand-up show, which he says will be entirely improvised.
Family Guy's transsexual episode cleared
25/01/2016 … Ofcom has ruled that an episode of Family Guy about a transgender woman did not breach its guidelines on causing offense.
Yonderland gets a third series
And Stephen Fry joins the cast
25/01/2016 … Sky’s Yonderland is to return for a third series – with Stephen Fry joining the cast.