'The magic machine has become unmagic'
Minor glitch as 24-hour science, comedy and variety show raises £22k
13/12/2020 … It’s the gig that features the finest scientific brains alongside comedians and musicians.
2020 Punching Up
Sun 13 December 2020
French & Saunders payday
Duo's £267,000 windfall as they wind up company
13/12/2020 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are sharing a £267,300 windfall after winding up one of their companies.
Fri 11 December 2020
Hoorah! An Australian-style deal!
11/12/2020 … Tweets of the week Actually I think you’ll find that it wasn’t that the Emperor in the story wasn’t wearing any clothes, he was wearing Australian-style…
Fri 04 December 2020
© Jill Wellington/Pexels Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
04/12/2020 … Tweets of the week I never get an advent calendar; I always make a real-life version at home by just opening a different cupboard every day.
Office finale tops Christmas sitcom chart
...followed by the Big Bang Theory
04/12/2020 … The final instalment of The Office is the most-loved festive sitcom episode of all time, a new survey has found.
Thu 03 December 2020
'Secret Service investigated me over Donald Trump joke'
Comedian John Mulaney quizzed after SNL monologue
03/12/2020 … America’s Secret Service opened an investigation after John Mulaney after he made a joke about Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.
Tue 01 December 2020
© BBC Joe Lycett: Sarah Millican once gave me a car
...but she didn't tell me what she'd done in it!
01/12/2020 … Joe Lycett has revealed that Sarah Millican once gave him a car.