Arts & Entertainment

'I've had that Michelangelo, he was shit': Seven historical figures the new Doctor Who has shagged

ACCORDING to the Christmas special, Doctor Who shagged Harry Houdini, something William Hartnell strangely never mentioned. So which other historical figures did the Doctor pork?

Gladiators revival to include silent dad hiding erection in background

THE new series of Gladiators will include a father sitting in the background quietly ogling the female stars while hiding his excitement under a cushion.

We've been showing the same Hootenanny for 18 years and you haven't noticed, BBC confirms

THE BBC has repeated the 2006 Jools Holland’s Hootenanny every New Year’s Eve since and nobody has noticed, it has emerged.

Eight Tories and the parts they'll be playing in panto next Christmas

MATT Hancock is appearing in Mother Goose at Crewe Lyceum – oh no he isn’t! But he’ll surely be reduced to doing panto next year, along with these former cabinet colleagues.

A Wonderfully Walking Dead Christmas: Six Christmas TV specials that need to be made

IF The Great British Sewing Bee can get a Christmas special, The Walking Dead deserves one. These should be watched annually by families.

Woman who insists on twerking, and other show-offy twats who flock to the centre of the dance floor

THERE’S always one dickhead at a party who wants to demonstrate their years of dance lessons. Here are some other attention seekers who gravitate to the centre of a dance floor.

Panto-goers confirm they only like theatre when it's shit

AUDIENCE members at a sell‑out Christmas pantomime have confirmed that they only enjoy theatre they know in advance will be shit.

Nobody enjoying alternative Christmas playlist

AN alternative Christmas playlist filled with credible indie artists performing cool festive songs is being enjoyed by precisely nobody.

Googling your exact crime beforehand: Six mistakes every moron in a true crime documentary makes

THE true crime genre has exploded recently, but in these shows dense criminals always make the same mistakes to help the police out. Here are the things they can’t stop doing.

'The principal boy can identify however she pleases': The middle-class guide to explaining pantomimes to your kids

TAKING your precious darlings to a form of entertainment more usually attended by the working classes? Here’s how to explain what the hell is going on.