SANDI TOKSVIG is to guest host I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue as it goes on tour. Already the host of fellow Radio 4 show The News Quiz, Toksvig will stand in for Jack Dee as the ‘antidote to panel games’ embarks on a ten-date UK tour next year with Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy on the panel. Dates.

HARRY & PAUL’s Story Of The Twos was named best comedy moment at the British Comedy Awards. The category was not announced in the main ceremony on Tuesday night, but in the spin-off E4 programme which aired yesterday. Here is the full list of other winners.

Tommy Tiernan’s two companies made €595,000 (£470,000) last year, thanks largely to his touring. The figures are revealed in accounts posted to Companies Office and reported in the Irish Independent today.

ROB BRYDON is to be the face of P&O Cruises' new multi-million pound advertising campaign. The comic will act as a cruise virgin in the commercials, which kick off on Christmas Day.

ONE American cinema has come up with an smart solution to Sony Pictures axing comedy-action film The Interview in the face of terror threats from North Korea-backed hackers. The Alamo Drafthouse has decided to replace the movie with 2004’s Team America: World Police, which mercilessly mocks North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s father and predecessor Kim Jong-il.

Published: 18 Dec 2014