Channel 4 confirms Taskmaster spin-off
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Graham Linehan receives £25k over his arrest
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Meet the 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Award panel
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BBC orders a third series of David Mitchell’s Ludwig
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Mo Gilligan ate fried chicken for every meal for a month
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Now Leicester Comedy Festival's venue closes
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Virgin Radio to broadcast from the Edinburgh Fringe
Graham Norton and Geoff Lloyd are to present their Virgin Radio shows live from Edinburgh…
Ricky Gervais reveals his own Office 25-year tribute
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Features
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: SNL (UK) comedians
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Videos
In an address to the nation 'like some sort of king or something', Nigel Farage this week quit as MP for Clacton.
Broken News, like every outlet, covered the unchallenged statement in full as the Reform leader complained about not getting his story out into the mainstream media,
Yet they did provide a 'subtext translator for the politically impaired', and keen viewers might spot a touch of treacherous cynicism in their commentary...
Translating Nigel Farage's resignation speech
Thanks to Broken News
Changing the names on a true-crime podcast
With Naomi Petersen
Funboys ask: Which Resident Evil is REALLY the best?
New spin-off series Fair Game
Ricky Gervais blows his own trumpet via Alley Cats
Netflix animation coming soon