Russell Brand make £4million a year
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BBC comedies stream on Channel 4
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Features
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Gig of the day
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Videos
The official trailer has been released today for Mother’s Pride, the forthcoming British comedy-drama from the team behind Finding Your Feet and Fisherman’s Friends.
Directed by Nick Moorcroft, the film is set in a struggling local pub at the heart of a divided community that starts brewing its own beer and enters the Great British Beer Awards.
The cast includes Martin Clunes, Mark Addy, James Buckley, Miles Jupp, Josie Lawrence, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Jonno Davies, Gabriella Wilde, Luke Treadaway, Stephen Leask and Karl Collins.
Mother’s Pride will be released in UK cinemas on March 6.
Trailer for Mother's Pride
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Old cartoon uncle teaches kidnapped children about ice cream
From Patchwork Travesty
Katherine Ryan's daughter is absolutely brutal
From her First Born Daughter special