Simon Hoggart dies of pancreatic cancer
06/01/2014 … Simon Hoggart, the former host of Radio 4’s News Quiz, has died at the age of 67 from pancreatic cancerHoggart was also a Parliamentary sketch-writer for The…
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Mon 06 January 2014
'I was never racist' says Jim Davidson
'Nig-nogs' is just cartoon racism'
06/01/2014 … Jim Davidson has defended his old stand-up routines as ‘cartoon racism’ and said: ‘Because I grew up in South East London I was never racist.
© BBC No new Mrs Brown's Boys series for 2014
Brendan O'Carroll is 'too busy'
06/01/2014 … No new episodes of Mrs Brown’s Boys will be aired for the next 12 months, one of its stars has revealed.
Superhans on tour
Peep Show's Matt King returns to stand-up
06/01/2014 … Matt King – best known as Superhans is Peep Show – is to return to stand-up after a ten year absence.
Patrick Monahan to make a Splash!
06/01/2014 … Patrick Monahan is to take part in ITV’s Splash! – diving for the first time in his life.
Sun 05 January 2014
Fresh Carrott
05/01/2014 … The comedy week ahead…Monday January 6LIVE IN LONDON: Rob Newman starts a two-week run of his New Theory Of Evolution at the Soho Theatre before it embarks on…
Mighty Boosh plan tour AND film
05/01/2014 … The Mighty Boosh are planning a tour AND a film this year, the duo have revealed.
Sat 04 January 2014
Jim Davidson enters Big Brother house
04/01/2014 … Jim Davidson has entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, handcuffed to singer Linda Nolan.