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Sun 22 September 2024
© BBC 'One of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen'
Judges praise Chris McCausland's Strictly debut
22/09/2024 … Chris McCausland finished up in the top half of the leaderboard in his first week on Strictly Come Dancing.
Fri 20 September 2024
Babatunde Aléshé tours Ireland for new Channel 4 series
Watch episode one of Where To Next?, as backed by Tourism Ireland
20/09/2024 … Babatunde Aléshé has travelled to Ireland for the first time for a new Channel 4 series.
© Wil Coban Ted Lasso's Phil Dunster hosts a West End fundraiser
Rob Delaney and Aisling Bea help raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer
20/09/2024 … Ted Lasso star Phil Dunster is to host a West End comedy and entertainment show to raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer.
© Trevor Leighton Ben Elton extends his Authentic Stupidity tour
34 new dates including a week in the West End
20/09/2024 … Ben Elton has extended his Authentic Stupidity tour into 2025.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle tops Netflix stand-up ratings
Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr also in the top ten
20/09/2024 … Dave Chappelle had the most-watched stand-up special on Netflix in the first six months of the year.
© C4 Sharon Horgan to play Amanda Knox's mother
20/09/2024 … Sharon Horgan is to play the mother of Amanda Knox in a new mini-series about the American wrongly jailed for murder in Italy.
Hot Water launches a regular all-female comedy night
Just days after being called out for its male dominated bills
20/09/2024 … Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club is to launch a weekly all-female comedy night, just days after being called out for the lack of women on its bills.