John Bishop

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Doctor Who: Flux is an onslaught of cosmic terror
For Doctor Who fans, the next five weeks could be a trial by Tardis

The latest season of Doctor Who (BBC One, Sunday) opens on Halloween night and is as overstuffed with sugary junk as a trick-or-treater’s bag. On(...)

Martina Cox, wife of Liverpool fan Sean Cox, speaks during half-time at Anfield. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Klopp pays tribute to ‘inspirational’ Seán Cox on return to Anfield

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp paid tribute to Seán Cox after meeting the Irish man on his first return to Anfield since he suffered a brain injury in(...)

Sean Cox (54), a former company director from Dunboyne, Co Meath, suffered major head trauma when he was struck in a random assault outside Anfield in April 2018.
Seán Cox to move to England for further treatment, family says

Seán Cox, the Irish Liverpool FC fan who suffered severe brain injuries in an unprovoked attack last year, is being moved to England for further speci(...)

Helen McCrory as tough-talking, chain-smoking, whiskey-swilling human rights lawyer Emma Banville
Fearless review: no case is too big, no detail too small

What does Fearless (TV3, Wednesday, 10pm) have to be afraid of? The answer, to judge from the opening episode of this new drama series created by Pat(...)

The late Victoria Wood with Boyzone members Keith Duffy (left) and the late Steven Gately in Leicester Square, London, to help launch the 1999 Comic Relief appeal. File photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire
Victoria Wood: Tributes to ‘brilliantly talented’ comedian
  • UK
  • April 20, 2016, 16:38

Figures frm the worlds of comedy and acting paid tribute to Victoria Wood, with many stars citing her as an inspiration. Comedian James Corden said: (...)

Sam Smith performs on stage during the 2015 Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London, February 25th, 2015. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Brit Awards 2015: Sheeran and Smith share the honours
  • Music
  • February 26, 2015, 08:24

Golden boys of British pop Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith have shared the honours on what was a muted night — literally in the case of Kanye West — at the B(...)

James ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick: will be helping Ballyhale Shamrocks’ bid to claim another title when they face Offaly champions Kilcormac-Killoughey
‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick eager to help Ballyhale to another Leinster title

Cha Fitzpatrick says to give him a call around teatime but to make sure it’s before seven. Which is no problem. With a Leinster final next up on Sunda(...)

My wife and my comedy life: John Bishop opens up

Stick Your Job Up Your Arse was the title of John Bishop’s first professional show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival six years ago. The venue was a hut(...)