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Jack Whitehall pilots a comedy-based talk show
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Sarah Millican backs ISH comedy awards
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Lobby your MP about comedy, fans urged
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Funboys team launch a video game spin-off show
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Lesley Manville joins Brett Goldstein romcom
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Brian Conley to host a tribute to Last Of The Summer Wine
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Simpsons writer to make his UK debut
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The Iceman cometh... soon to a cinema near you
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Michelle Wolf starts a UK tour
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'All jokes come from a place of love'
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Which megastar singer did Arnold Brown once support?
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Videos
Talk about entitled!
Comedian Dave Ward had to deal with two latecomers shamelessly walking across his stage, carrying food, when he was compering the Rum Monkey comedy club in London last weekend.
One of the pair, called Veron, then told him that they would take over if the gig took a turn for the worse… as if they had nothing to do with the interruption!
And of course she got rinsed in the ensuing crowd work…
Dave Ward vs entitled latecomers
Punters strolled across comic's stage
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Tim Vine's 2026 England World Cup song
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Esther Smith and Rafe Spall return