Wipe out, but Cunk and the Gentlemen are back

Yesterday seemed to be a big day for breaking comedy news on Twitter.

First, Charlie Brooker admitted defeat and revealed that there'll be no 2017 Wipe, saying it was on the cards but he just "ran out of road" due to other projects. Perhaps it's for the best, though - reliving the year would be difficult even if refracted through the prism of Brooker's black humour, and Donald Trump has continually positioned himself beyond satire.

On a positive note, one of the projects that derailed the Wipe is Cunk On Britain, a new series of five half-hour episodes for the BBC that will build on the triumph that was last year's Cunk On Shakespeare. I can't get enough of Diane Morgan - she's the best thing about Motherland (review to follow), so it's good to know she'll be returning to our screens before too long.

Even better, Reece Shearsmith then confirmed that the three new episodes of League Of Gentlemen will air on BBC2 on 18th, 19th and 20th December. Please, please, please let them live up to expectations...