BBC bosses are reportedly screen testing comedians to replace presenter Sue Barker on A Question Of Sport. The show’s producers are said to be trying to attract a younger audience, with comics like Jack Whitehall, Mo Gilligan and Jon Richardson being considered for the job. It comes after last year Sue, 64, was tipped to … Read more
Nick Cannon’s upcoming daytime talk show will premiere this autumn. Although it was meant to start airing last fall the program was postponed when he set off a controversy by making anti-Semitic and anti-white remarks on his podcast. However the 44-year-old’s show, which is entitled Nick Cannon, will arrive on airwaves in the fall of … Read more
BBC broadcasters and presenters launched a bitter last-ditch onslaught against Brexit during the New Year schedules. Britain’s long-awaited departure from the European Union on Thursday coincided with what critics described as ill-tempered tirades, offensive remarks and heavily biased reportage in the Corporation’s end-of-year programming. Among those making comments that appeared to be aimed at the … Read more
John Bishop has joined the cast of Doctor Who for the beloved sci-fi show’s upcoming series 13. The comedian, 54, will take on the role of Dan as he boards the TARDIS alongside The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Mandip Gill). It comes after John vowed to return to work within weeks on Thursday amid his coronavirus battle. … Read more
A group called the Campaign For Common Sense revealed the result of an analysis of BBC comedy shows yesterday: last month, out of 141 comedians across 364 slots on such programmes as Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week, ’74 per cent of the slots were occupied by comedians with publicly pronounced … Read more
She’s set to reprise her role as Geraldine Granger in The Vicar of Dibley for the BBC classic’s Christmas special later this month. And in a new interview, Dawn French has claimed she’d take a BULLET for ‘cruel’ comedians to be able to say what they want as she insisted: ‘I don’t set out to offend, but … Read more
‘Don’t stifle us!’: Comedians should be free to decide what jokes to tell regardless of PC culture, says Monty Python legend Michael Palin By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:47 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 29 September 2020 Sir Michael Palin has warned of the dangers of telling comedians which jokes they are … Read more
Priti Patel’s allies have hit out at a BBC comedian’s racially-charged jibe on Twitter about her not liking curry has sparked a wave of racist abuse calling her a ‘coconut’. Guz Khan, who appears on BBC3 show Man Like Mobeen, posted a photo of Ms Patel pulling a face with the message: ‘Shall we have a … Read more
Tall Scousers make us laugh – but diddy men don’t, study finds Statistician Dr Geoff Ellis studied what favourite comedians have in common He concluded that Liverpool was the funniest city in the whole of the UK To pinpoint the ‘funny gene’ he looked at siblings, age, height, star sign and more By Liz Hull … Read more
Female comedians are taking politics to TikTok amid the coronavirus pandemic – including a drunk Donald Trump and storytime with Boris Johnson. In a series of TikTok videos sweeping the web, women can be seen offering uncanny lip syncs of different political figures, but all with the same voice – a presidential moan or a condescending … Read more