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> David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a brand-new sketch show, which sees them combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars, marking a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations.

> Mitchell & Webb will be supported by an ensemble cast of next generation writer/performers: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans, plus a dynamic team of established and upcoming comic writers.

> The six-part series will be produced by That Mitchell & Webb Company in association with Big Talk Studios (Friday Night Dinner, Back, Ludwig), which is part of ITV Studios, and helmed by the BAFTA-winning duo’s long-standing Producer Gareth Edwards.

> Knockout punchlines delivered inside a boxing ring saw a new winner crowned in the 2025 UK Pun Championships.

> The format of the contest was a royal pun-ble inside Leicester's De Montfort Hall, with six combatants testing their wittiest quips as part of the annual Leicester Comedy Festival contest on Monday night.

> Each was tasked with throwing a salvo of one-liners on themes posed by host Jason Byrne, with the noise of the crowd used to pick the winner.

> Will B Found's wordplay saw him take the crown, with the punny funster "baffled" at the outcome, crediting a love of "cracker jokes".

> Will B Found's favourite puns

> "My cousin lost his job at the clock factory; it's such a shame, as he was putting in all the hours."

> "Old McDonald has turned his farm into a massive corporation; he's the E-I-CEO."

> "I thought my dad was a smart guy, but I asked if he knew what an eclipse is, and he said, 'No, son'."

> "Whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find out—you have my Word."

>Ep 1 – Twelve is the Number We Do Things In

>Monday February 24, 9pm

>Dave’s back in a sixth series probing modern life’s follies: fake search engines, big tech’s rules – and a wager that goes too far.

>Ep 2 – That’s Why Seas Are Salty

>Monday March 3, 9pm

>Dave reinvents the alphabet, battles an online nemesis and is assisted by an entertainment legend.

>Ep 3 – Britain is Also an Island

>Monday March 10, 9pm

>This week, AI, honesty in TV, leaving London and notions of ‘celebrity’ all get the Goodish treatment.

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> Lee Mack’s much loved, multi-award-winning studio sitcom will return for a new series on the BBC in 2025. Not Going Out is the UK’s longest running UK sitcom currently on air and recently joined an elite group of sitcom centenarians when the 100th episode aired during the BBC’s 2023 Christmas schedule.

> Tim Minchin has announced a new UK tour, Songs The World Will Never Hear, marking the 20th anniversary of his arrival on the British comedy scene.

> The show will see Minchin reflect on his career, tracing his journey from a cabaret pianist in Perth to an internationally acclaimed musician, comedian, and theatre composer. The set list will span three decades of songwriting.

> Running from 4 June to 4 July 2025, the tour opens at London’s brand new Soho Theatre Walthamstow before visiting 18 cities across the UK, including Plymouth, Birmingham, Leicester, Sheffield, Hull, Cardiff, Nottingham, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford, and Brighton, culminating in a final performance at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. Tickets go on sale on 7 February at 12pm.

> Granada TV's 'TX', 1985. With Tony Slattery

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> We used to have Great British sitcoms coming out of our ears. Now, the only hope of a laugh round here is via a nostalgia-mining reunion

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> Charlie Brooker says he has considered making a Black Mirror / Philomena Cunk crossover.

> The creator of both shows admitted he had the idea of an episode in which the dimwitted talking head, as played by Diane Morgan, looked into technology, which could fall under both series.

> Then he added, half-jokingly: ‘I reserve the right to revisit that thought.’

> The two worlds will collide next week, as a scene in the new mockumentary Cunk On Life features Streamberry, the parody of Netflix that Brooker created for the Black Mirror episode Joan Is Awful last year.

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Warning: Daily Mail article

I didn't even know this spin-off existed. Apparently it was called "Dinner With The Parents" and was on Amazon's axed "Freevee" service. It actually looks more like an American remake than a spin-off, the Daily Fail have possibly used a bit of artistic licence there to make it sound like they've axed something decent.

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> Paddy McGuinness has raised more than £9 million following his charity bike ride for BBC Children in Need. > >The Radio 2 presenter, also known for Take Me Out and Top Gear, finished his BBC Radio 2 ultra endurance cycle challenge, which saw him travel through three nations and eight counties over the week. > >McGuinness, 51, had a total of more than £8 million on Friday after finishing the 300-mile journey on his dream childhood bike, a Raleigh Chopper, which was painted in the colours of the charity’s mascot, Pudsey. > >He announced on his Sunday BBC Radio 2 show that this had increased to £9.12 million. > > ... > > Scottish businessman Sir Tom Hunter has pledged to match the amount raised up to £3 million.

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