Never Mind the Buzzcocks News

Two worlds collided last night when national treasure Stephen Fry stepped up to captain a team on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

The pop panel show returns with a parade of guest team captains to replace firm favourite Bill Bailey.

Bill Bailey is stepping down as a team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 11 series on the TV quiz show.

COMEDY: Bill Bailey. Burswood Theatre, Perth, September 8. Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, tonight; Royal Theatre, Canberra, Saturday; State Theatre, Sydney, September 15-20; Queensland Performing Arts Centre, ...

WORMING AROUND: Bill Bailey wanted to ride into his New Zealand shows on the back of a giant tinsel-covered worm, but it proved to be too expensive.

Phill Jupitus was born in 1962 in Newport. He worked in a jobcentre before quitting in 1984 and becoming a performance poet called Porky the Poet.

COMIC Phil Nichol, the subject of lavish praise from audiences and critics alike, headlines the Comedy Hall in Tiverton on Monday.

For his first stage role, carefree TV comedian Phill Jupitus is playing, of all things, a life coach.

Her boss is losing patience, her boyfriend has no respect for her and she can't speak up for herself. via IndieLondon

“I had a traumatic subdural haematoma with motoring receptional complications”

It's been six months since Tony Stonem - the "well fit" one - went head-to-head with a bus, and he's a changed teen. via Mirror

“I know, let's go and see this pained performer who sings songs about how awful life is and how relationships don't work.”

Sean Hughes, 42, is a comedian, writer and actor who was born in London but grew up in Dublin. via The Independent

“Love Song', which he cleverly used as the finale of his show. The majority of the audience joined in as Bailey sang of 'the snowflake on the eyelash of a startled deer”

If you do not recognise him by name, you may know Bill Bailey as an integral part of shows such as 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' and 'Black Books'; he is the hairy one who looks a bit like a troll - if he chose to ... via Online Scene