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The cult of Paddington has gone too far
The trailer for Paddington In Peru shows us lots of big-name actors (Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Colman, etc) doing the kind of twee, simpering acting they wouldn't dream of turning in for any other kind of film.
Gareth Roberts, The Spectator, 5th November 2024
Dom Joly review
A curate's egg of an evening, but when Mr Joly gets going on the subject of his expeditions to sort the wheat from the conspiracy chaff, he's on great form.
Chris Parkle, The Real Chrisparkle, 5th November 2024
How we made Everyone Else Burns
Series writers and creators of Channel 4 sitcom, Everyone Else Burns, Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor, explain how they created the show about the Lewis family, god-fearing Mancunians convinced the end of the world is nigh.
Jon Creamer, Televisual, 5th November 2024My comedy hero: Paul Black on Limmy
Sketch comedian Paul Black on the genius of everyone's favourite comic turned Twitch streamer.
Paul Black, The List, 5th November 2024Gary Faulds jokes over 'rage' at council 'parking ticket'
A Glasgow comedian joked he felt 'rage' when he thought the council had left him a parking ticket at the Barras.
Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Evening Times, 5th November 2024Record breaking show for Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Kiri Pritchard-McLean's final venue of her tour of the UK and Ireland has been upgraded to a larger space for a record-breaking two nights. Kiri is the first performer in the history of the Theatr Bryn Terfel to appear at the venue for two consecutive nights.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th November 2024The BBC's first comedy star - and how he fell into obscurity
The full story of the comedian who was once one of the biggest stars of BBC - until scandal over his private life led to him being doomed to obscurity - is revealed in a new biography. John Henry was a star of the new medium of radio in the 1920s and early 1930s, but took his life a month after the death of his romantic and stage partner Gladys Horridge. At her inquest, he claimed they were man and wife, although in reality he was still married to his first wife, and he feared that the exposure of his lies would end his career.
Chortle, 5th November 2024Videos
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3pm30 min
Punt & Dennis: Route Masters
Episode 6 - From Hot Air Balloons to The Shipping ForecastSteve Punt and Hugh Dennis are on a mission to get from hot air balloons to the Shipping Forecast in the most entertaining way possible, with the help of Angela Barnes.
3:30pm10 min
Big Lizard
Episode 7 - How To HoverboardCosima and Big Lizard's solar-powered hoverboards run out of battery at nightfall. Can glowbugs be the answer?
4:35pm11 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
Episode 22 - Goblin GuestWhen the heroes are faced with the Goblin King moving into the Big Birch, they decide to invent a quest that will soon have him running back home.
6:30pm30 min
Stuart Mitchell's Cost Of Living
Episode 2 - Stuart Is a Total BankerStuart Mitchell examines his own cost of living crisis with a move into the high flying world of banking - and just when he thinks he has it all, the world crashes around him. Stuart gives up everything he has worked so hard for in an attempt to be true to his self and is left wondering if his journey was really worth it, when he's scrambling to pay the bills?
9pm45 min
QI
Series V, Episode 3 - Very VariedSandi Toksvig hosts a very varied episode, joined by panellists Ross Noble, Sara Pascoe, Sally Phillips and Alan Davies.