News about Marcus Brigstocke

Cops were called on comedian Baptiste, 42, over the threatening Instagram post about an unnamed Jewish woman who he claimed to be 'stalking' his family online. Baptiste - who previously hosted Live at the Apollo - posted: 'I want you to sit down with your husband and kids and imagine what their lives will be without you, b/c north London is a quick trip to make and a Think Tank will have to be an actual tank to keep you safe from me.'

Dame Joan Collins and her husband Percy Gibson appeared glamorous on the Peter Pan opening night at the London Palladium alongside her husband Percy Gibson. When she and her companion Percy, 58, arrived at the theatre show together, the Hollywood legend displayed her typically glamorous sense of fashion. His wife stole the show by slipping into a sparkling silver sequinned top with gold embellishments.

Thousands of people are now trekking to Wookey Hole and the cheddar gorge each year, with Cheddar first made in Somerset. However, the best cheese in the United Kingdom isn't made in its ancestral home but in neighboring Devon. Quicke's, a Devon-based cheese manufacturer, has been named People's Choice Award at the first ever Great British & Irish Cheddar Competition, with its Extra Mature Clothbound Cheddar getting the most votes during a live public poll.

Since it's the penultimate week for Celebrity MasterChef, the expectations are likely to be rather high. However, the pressure seemed to be excessive for comedian Marcus Brigstocke, who was sent packing after he delivered a plate of raw pork on Friday's show. The wannabe chefs were challenged to create 'airline' style food for the final task of the week.

Celebrity MasterChef returned for episode two on Thursday night as the four remaining stars of the first heat battle for a spot in the quarter finals. Dani Dyer, Inbetweeners actor James Buckley, comedian and actor Marcus Brigstocke, and Gogglebox's Mica Ven took on three cooking challenges. The celebrity contest was the first to test cook a crowd-pleasing dish that had to be identical in both appearance and taste.

STEPHEN POLLARD: For many years I deluded myself that the point of a comedian was to be amusing. Eddie Izzard - or Suzy, as he now wants to be known - was on the show, and I realised how wrong I was. The result was a rant, an hour of moaning about the government, the Right, and anything that didn't fit with modern oh-so-woke prejudices. It took me only an hour because that was when I stepped out. I had better things to do with my time. Izzard is just another of the phalanx of achingly dull, yawningly predictable knee-jerk Lefties - as well as Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas, and Nish Kumar, who have spent their entire career complaining about 'the Tories.'

Radio 4 is fighting allegations that the BBC's comedy output is marred by a Left-wing bias by telling program designers that 'humour shouldn't only come from one political viewpoint.' The station has also asked its factual suppliers to 'check the political assumptions underpinning your theory.' Bosses are also trying to convince producers that Radio 4 has become too bleak, and that it is not looking for 'unremitting grief and bleakness' in its drama output, according to its boss.

On Wednesday, Vogue Williams stepped out for the press night for 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Criterion Theatre in London. The presenter appeared radiant on a red carpet in an animal print midi-press. The 36-year-old actress appeared on stage for the series, which stars Laura Whitmore in one of the lead roles alongside former Busted member Matt Willis.

Tim Davie, the BBC's director general, defended the station yesterday after a series of journalistic fiascos sparked, saying the station was doing a'pretty good job' at combating bias. When it came to neutrality, he told MPs that the corporation was 'delivering excellent'. Despite a string of rumors, including a comedian mocking Liz Truss on the BBC's top politics show, Gary Lineker's social media presence, and a comedy show airing crass insults against Boris Johnson, his upbeat review came.