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Get Away. Image shows left to right: Susan (Aisling Bea), Richard (Nick Frost)

Get Away review

Nick Frost ramps up the ridiculousness in comedy horror.

Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 7th January 2025
Bread. Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht). Copyright: BBC

Bread star Jean Boht left behind £2.6million fortune

Jean Boht, who starred as Ma Boswell in the BBC sitcom Bread, left more than £2.6million in her will.

Andrew Young, Daily Mail, 7th January 2025
Louise Young

Louise Young: "Some hecklers are just excited to be out of the house"

The comic on mining her wild life for material and her disastrous early gigs shouting punchlines over Sky Sports in a pub.

Liam Pape, The Guardian, 7th January 2025
Rob Copland

Rob Copland review

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards winner has real star power.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 7th January 2025
Kate Cheka

Kate Cheka: "Subtle racism is ensuring that you can never really get anywhere"

The stand-up comedian talks about the challenges of being a Black woman in comedy.

Kate Cheka, Diva Mag, 7th January 2025
Chortle Hotshots

Who's in the running to be a 2025 Chortle Hotshot?

The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle's first Hotshots have been revealed.

Chortle, 7th January 2025

Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson face embarrassing joint TV appearance

Reality stars Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson split over Christmas after secretly filming the Midnight Gameshow segment of Michael McIntyre's Big Show when they were still happily coupled up.

Ellie Henman, The Sun, 7th January 2025

TV & radio

BBC Two 9pm
45 min
QI. Image shows left to right: Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Sandi Toksvig, Susan Calman, Rosie Jones

QI

Series V, Episode 11 - Vintage

Sandi and Alan are joined by Rosie Jones, Josh Widdicombe and Susan Calman.

BBC Two 9:45pm
45 min
Live At The Apollo. Image shows left to right: Ian Smith, Paul Chowdhry, Ania Magliano

Live At The Apollo

Series 19, Episode 3 - Paul Chowdhry, Ania Magliano, Ian Smith

Paul Chowdhry introduces comedians Ania Magliano and Ian Smith to the stage.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 4, Episode 8 - The Steamy Reading Question

Marian and Tara are here to try and solve your problems or try put them into perspective. One of them is technically a doctor but neither are experts.

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