Harry Hill to play Professor Branestawm
30/09/2014 … Harry Hill is to make his acting debut for BBC One in Professor Branestaw, a family film adapted from the classic series of children's books.
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Tue 30 September 2014
© Steve Ullathorne Hugh Dennis joins Not Going Out
30/09/2014 … HUGH DENNIS is joining the cast of Not Going Out.
Drunk History comes to the UK
Jimmy Carr to narrate British remake
30/09/2014 … American TV series Drunk History – in which inebriated comics recount stories from the past – is to be remade for the UK, with Jimmy Carr as the narrator.
© BBC BBC pulls 'insulting' Horrible Histories sketch
Skit implied Florence Nightingale was racist
30/09/2014 … The BBC has dropped a Horrible Histories sketch amid complaints it falsely portrayed Florence Nightingale as racist.
Mon 29 September 2014
Revealed: Who The Simpsons killed off
29/09/2014 … THE character killed off by The Simpsons has been revealed –largely to the disappointment of fans.
Still alive: The rumours that Andy Kaufman faked his death
Pal Bob Zmuda revives hoax story
29/09/2014 … The story that Andy Kaufman faked his own death 30 years ago has been revived by his pal.
Sun 28 September 2014
Right time, wrong place
Seann Walsh cancels gig after going to the wrong town...
28/09/2014 … Seann Walsh had to cancel his gig in Hertford last night – after going to Hereford instead.
Billy Connolly back on tour
28/09/2014 … The comedy week ahead…TonightONLINE: Experience all the excitement of a live comedy show on a hugely topical issue – but oddly delayed by ten days after it…