Trevor Peacock was 89
Vicar Of Dibley actor Trevor Peacock has died at the age of 89.
The actor, who played Jim Trott in the BBC sticom, died of a dementia-related illness, his family said.
He was diagnosed with dementia in 2009 and it was reported in 2017 that he had retired from acting.
His Dibley character, known for repeatedly saying no . even before answering yes , was just one in a line of screen and stage credits, including the title role in the BBC adaptation of Shakespeare s Titus Andronicus, Feste, the Gravedigger in Franco Zeffirelli s 1990 film version of Hamlet, and roles in Last of The Summer Wine, Jonathan Creek, The Thin Blue Line and My Family.
Veteran New York club owner Richie Tienken dies at 75
Co-Founder of the Comic Strip
Richie Tienken, who co-founded one of New York’s oldest comedy clubs, The Comic Strip, has died at the age of 75.
He was already a bar owner when he set up the venue in 1975 having seen one of his bartenders, an aspiring comic, perform at the Catch A Rising Star club.
Billy Crystal was the opening act on the first night, Chris Rock used to stack chairs to get stage time there, and Colin Quinn worked behind the bar,
Jerry Seinfeld said the venue ‘gave me my start in comedy,’ and he returned to the club to record his 2017 Netflix special, Jerry Before Seinfeld. Adam Sandler also shot part of his 2018 special 100% Fresh there.
Review of tonight s Radio 2 Festival Of Funny pilots
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Secret Desires (
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The BBC are going all-in on Kiri Pritchard-McLean as a star of the future, as well they might, since she’s a fine comic.
Less than two months after her Radio 4 special Egg-sistential Crisis, about the low birth rate among millennials, comes this Radio 2 pilot, as part of the Festival Of Funny season. And that’s not counting her Radio Wales show, her appearance on Funny Festival Live on BBC Two this Tuesday, her hosting of Radio 4’s Newsjack, and various guest appearances.
The risk of being one of the hardest-working women in comedy, of course, is breadth over depth: becoming one of those comics who’s booked absolutely everywhere as a safely witty pair of hands, without ever getting the chance to create something truly memorable.