Irish comedian Catherine Bohart: ‘I’m surprised my following is bigger in the US and UK than it is here’
The Irish comedian, who is on her Borrowing Trouble tour, has been playing her biggest rooms, watching ‘smut’ and ‘winning the nerd Olympics’
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Donald Clarke: How do we know autumn is here? The Great British Bake Off is back
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The Great British Bake Off: the nine greatest moments
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Bafta TV awards: Graham Norton and Brian F O’Byrne among winners
Molly Windsor beats Claire Foy to take leading actress while Sue Perkins highlights pay gap issue
What does ‘humble pie’ taste like?
The Great British Bake Off, newly on Netflix, shed light on the origins of this expression
Bafta TV awards: Sharon Horgan gets two nominations
Netflix’s muscles in on the traditional broadcasters as Black Mirror and The Crown take three nominations
Una Mullally: Ten foolproof-ish ways to stop Brexit
From attempting to force marriage equality on the DUP to giving London back to the Irish
‘Snakes vs Iguana’ named TV moment of the year at Baftas
Watch the thrilling sequence that brought David Attenborough one of two TV 2016 Baftas
New ‘Great British Bake Off’ line-up revealed
Channel 4 announces replacements for Mary Berry, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc
Al Porter launches himself into a thrilling New Year
Dublin comedian proves 2016 wasn’t bad for everyone, finishing year on a career high
The British ‘Bake Off’ is off. That’s not great
‘The Great British Bake Off’ is a terrible idea for a series. But it’s already an institution. Now it’s off to Channel 4 is the cream set to curdle?
Planet Business: More than a feline
Crowdfunded campaign replaces London tube station advertising with posters of cats
Channel 4’s swoop for ‘Great British Bake Off’ leaves sour taste
Broadcaster complained when it lost ‘Black Mirror’ but happily poached the BBC’s cake
The BBC will mourn the defection of Bake Off. But it will rise again
The show was precious to the corporation, but it will surely be replaced. The real threat is to GBBO itself The BBC will mourn the defection of Bake Off. But it will rise again
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