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Maisie Adam review
While her assessment of her life so far may feel a little insubstantial, there is no doubting the stand-up's likability and skill with an audience.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st October 2024
Frankie Boyle reveals plans to write 'cosy crime' novel
Frankie Boyle has revealed he is planning to write a "cosy crime" novel - after publishing a book imagining the end of the world.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 21st October 2024
The complicated legacy of Charlie Williams, the black footballer who became a comedian
It is not as a trailblazing footballer that Williams was best known. Years after his playing career fizzled out at non-League Skegness Town, he found fame as Britain's first high-profile black stand-up comedian.
Oliver Kay, The New York Times, 21st October 2024
Rhod Gilbert wins a BAFTA
Veteran Welsh stand-up Max Boyce also took away a gong last night as the BBC tribute Max Boyce At 80 was named best entertainment programme. Comedy film Chuck Chuck Baby won two awards.
Chortle, 21st October 2024
Daisy May Cooper: 'The Cotswolds is hell if you've got no money'
Yes, she bought a Range Rover, but the actor's country life is still more caravan holiday than Soho Farmhouse.
Robert Crampton, The Times, 21st October 2024
Fern Brady poster under investigation for 'sacrilegious' image
The comedian's tour poster depicts her squirting breast milk into the mouth of a man dressed in ecclesiastical clothing.
Marc Horne, The Times, 21st October 2024Tony Slattery launches a podcast
The comic and actor will be joined by his friends Allan Lear and Paul Carmichael on the freewheeling show, Tony Slattery's Rambling Club.
Chortle, 21st October 2024Babatunde Aléshé: "Dipsy from the Teletubbies got me into comedy"
The comic talks heroes, his best-ever gig and why he blows raspberries for 20 minutes before going on stage.
Liam Pape, The Guardian, 21st October 2024Operation Mincemeat announces 11th extension
Hot on the heels of a tenth extension at the West End's Fortune Theatre and the announcement that the Olivier Award-winning Operation Mincemeat will open on Broadway at the Golden Theatre on 20th March 2025, ATG has granted an incredible eleventh extension in London, with performances now set to continue until 19th April 2025.
Fairy Powered Productions, 21st October 2024
Maisie Adam review
If this really was a job appraisal for how Maisie Adam's career was going, you'd have to assume she'd ace it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st October 2024
Leigh Francis to cameo in Back To The Future: The Musical
Lead producer Colin Ingram, together with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back To The Future film trilogy, are delighted that Leigh Francis will make a special cameo appearance as Principal Strickland to celebrate Back To The Future Day on Monday 21st October.
Fairy Powered Productions, 21st October 2024
Rosie Jones is seen for the first time filming her new Channel 4 show Disability Benefits
The sitcom sees Rosie, 34, star as a young woman called Emily, who starts her own illegal drugs empire after her state benefits are cut when she is made redundant.
Hannah McDonald, Daily Mail, 21st October 2024
Spencer Jones review
Although the show is touched with surreal madness throughout, Jones ties it together neatly with a well-plotted musical finale. However, for all that you feel for him in his mid-life crisis, the introspection and gloomier moments aren't as punchy as his previous efforts dedicated to his relationship with his father, or even his less coherent and less linear shows have been. No faulting his ambition and daring though. Hopefully, he'll be able to reconcile the abstract and the storytelling more effectively in the future once again.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 21st October 2024
Writers hits out at ITV over AI plans
Lisa McGee, Liam Williams and Jack Rooke are among those who have criticised ITV after the broadcaster posted a job advert for someone to use artificial intelligence to "shape the future of content creation".
Emma Saunders, BBC, 21st October 2024
Simon Bird interview
Known by many as Will from The Inbetweeners, Simon Bird has since gone on to star in several beloved series across comedy and beyond. That hasn't stopped people from shouting Inbetweeners references at him, though...
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 21st October 2024
Ania Magliano review
With creativity and charming self-deprecation, Ania Magliano's Forgive Me, Father tackles questions like how to survive moving in with a partner.
leahj, A Young(ish) Perspective, 21st October 2024
Baddiel & Skinner reunite for Gogglebox
David Baddiel and Frank Skinner will make their debut on the Channel 4 favourite this Friday in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
The Sun, 21st October 2024Videos
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2:15pm30 min
Jack & Millie
Series 3, Episode 1 - Out Of TownJack & Millie are forced to go camping for the weekend with the help of Shirley's Pifco, Harry's murder yurt and Mel's ride-on lawnmower.
4:35pm11 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
Episode 11 - The Magic Of PanpipesWhen Hoofius plays his grandfaun's old magical panpipes, his friends do exactly what he asks them to do - perfect for leading a quest... or so he thinks!
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 93, Episode 6 - Doubling Down At The Duvet FactorySue Perkins challenges Lucy Porter, Gyles Brandreth, Desiree Burch and Glenn Moore to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include The Streisand Effect, Ladders and Waving the White Flag.
9pm60 min
Out Of Order
Highlights Special - Best BitsHighlights of the game show all about judgement and first impressions, hosted by Rosie Jones, with team captains Katherine Ryan and Judi Love.
10pm60 min
Will & Ralf Should Know Better
Episode 3Will & Ralf are now firmly middle-aged - but should they embrace ageing or fight it? Will's arranged a visit a specialist skin clinic, to see what kind of non-invasive treatments are available these days.
10pm30 min
Alma's Not Normal
Series 2, Episode 3 - Who The F Is Alice?Reunited with her extended family for the funeral of her great-grandmother, Alma realises that her eccentric Boltonian family is what makes her unique.
10:40pm30 min
Stevens & McCarthy
Episode 3The girls in the roll van continue to tease Davie; a nightclub toilet encounter brings a surprise, and features a karaoke night with a difference.