© C4 Comedians to star in new ‘extreme bluffing’ series
06/06/2019 … Up-and-coming comedians are to take part in a new ‘extreme bluffing’ series for E4, provisionally called Pants On Fire.
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Thu 06 June 2019
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© BBC/Leopard Pictures/Matt Burlem First look at Mackenzie Crook as Worzel Gummidge
Detectorist star adapting the classic stories for the BBC
06/06/2019 … Here's the first image of Mackenzie Crook as scarecrow Worzel Gummidge in a new BBC series based on the children’s books.
Michael McIntyre to play New York's Radio City Music Hall
6,000-seater is only his second ever US gig
06/06/2019 … Michael McIntyre is to play one of the most famous venues in New York next year.
Espionage drama has a happy ending
Every Fringe show to be rehomed after venue's closure
06/06/2019 … Every Edinburgh Fringe show that was made homeless by the sudden closure of the Espionage nightclub has been given a new home.
Wed 05 June 2019
Freddie Starr’s funeral details revealed
Comic to be laid to rest in his native Liverpool
05/06/2019 … Details of Freddie Starr’s funeral have finally been revealed The comedian will have a public service at Prescot Parish Church in Liverpool – close…
Alec Baldwin to get roasted
Actor to be insulted on Comedy Central
05/06/2019 … Alec Baldwin is to be the subject of the next Comedy Central roast.
© BBC Allo Allo cast to reunite
As a plaque goes up to mark 35 years of the sitcom
05/06/2019 … The surviving cast of Allo Allo are to reunite to unveil a blue plaque at the country house which stood in for Cafe René.
Matt Berry: I still want to do more Toast Of London
...but comic admits he doesn't know when he'll have time to write it
05/06/2019 … Matt Berry has confirmed that he is planning a fourth series of Toast of London.