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© BBC ...and Fin Taylor's 'bomb Glastonbury' gag
24/12/2020 … The BBC’s has rejected complaints about Sophie Duker’s ‘kill whitey’ joke on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order – and Fin…
© C4/Framestore Impressionist Debra Stephenson delivers C4's alternative Christmas message - read the transcript
24/12/2020 … Dead Ringers impressionist Debra Stephenson will deliver this year Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4 – in the guise of the Queen.
Even though he hasn't even thought of it yet...
23/12/2020 … Netflix has bought Ricky Gervais’s next TV show - even though he hasn’t decided what it is yet.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Cockfight as artist accuses Fleabag of ripping off his 'wall of penises' sculpture
23/12/2020 … An artist has accused Fleabag’s producers of ripping off one of his ideas: a wall of penises.
YouTube announces virtual NYE party
23/12/2020 … Katherine Ryan, the People Just Do Nothing crew, Natasia Demetriou, Nigel Ng and Ellie White are to take part in a star-studded virtual New Year’s Eve party…
Eileen Pollock passes away in London
23/12/2020 … Eileen Pollock, best known for playing Lilo Lil in Carla Lane’s sitcom Bread has died at the age of 73.
© BBC Shakespeare misses his dad's funeral in lockdown storyline
22/12/2020 … Harry Enfield has been written out of Upstart Crow.
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Rough plans to 'get the old band back together'
22/12/2020 … Mackenzie Crook says he’s planning to revive Detectorists.
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