Paddy McGuinness to star in Coronation Street
Let the comic see the cobbles...
29/04/2015 … Paddy McGuinness has landed a guest role in Coronation Street.
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Wed 29 April 2015
Tue 28 April 2015
© BBC Sandi Toksvig quits the News Quiz
28/04/2015 … Sandi Toksvig is quitting Radio 4’s The News Quiz after 28 series at the helm.
Keith Harris dies
28/04/2015 … Comic ventriloquist Keith Harris, best known for performances with his puppet Orville, has died at the age of 67, his agent has said.
Listen to the voicemails of the stars
Not phone-hacking, a new Kayvan Novak comedy
28/04/2015 … Forget phone-hacking – Kayvan Novak is making a new comedy show in which he imagines the messages left on the answerphones of famous people.
Mon 27 April 2015
Still Game does the double
Scottish Comedy Award winners named
27/04/2015 … Still Game has scooped two prizes at the second Scottish comedy awards.
Hyde Park comedy gigs announced
27/04/2015 … FOUR comedy gigs are to be held in Hyde Park this summer.
OBE for Ruby Wax
Honour for her mental health work
27/04/2015 … Ruby Wax is to be awarded an OBE for her services to mental health.
Britain's hardest-working comedian
27/04/2015 … Sarah Millican has been named the hardest-working comedian in the UK.