Fawlty Towers will be back 'within days'
With a new warning about context
12/06/2020 … The episode of Fawlty Towers pulled from on-demand service is to be reinstated with a warning about its content within days.
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Fri 12 June 2020
Dave Chappelle releases a surprise stand-up special, 8:46
Addressing the killing of George Floyd
12/06/2020 … Dave Chappelle has released a surprise Netflix special addressing the death of George Floyd.
© BBC / Alan Peebles Two Doors Down picks up Celtic media award
As do Tudur Owen and A Perforated Ulster,
12/06/2020 … Two Doors Down was named best comedy at the Celtic Media Festival Awards last night.
Thu 11 June 2020
Fawlty has fallen: John Cleese strikes back
Co-creator defends racist language on controversial episode
11/06/2020 … John Cleese has defended an episode of Fawlty Towers that was pulled from catch-up TV, saying those who don’t get the joke are ‘stupid’.
Dear Joan & Jericha becomes a book
By Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine
11/06/2020 … Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine have written a book in the guise of their agony aunt alter-egos Joan and Jericha.
Judd Apatow to make a documentary about George Carlin
Before his legacy 'disappears down the digital drain'
11/06/2020 … Judd Apatow is working on a documentary about American comedy legend George Carlin.
Harry Enfield defends using blackface
'I don't think I regret it...'
11/06/2020 … Harry Enfield has defended using blackface in his comedy career, saying: ‘I don’t think I regret it.
Scrubs could become a movie
'I think it will happen' says star Zach Braff
11/06/2020 … Zach Braff wants to make a movie version of his long-running hospital sitcom Scrubs.