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Jimmy Carr: Comedy should be taught in schools
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Ghosts film tops the box office
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BBC One Wales to air three new comedy shorts
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Channel 4's comedy and entertainment heads step down
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Tour news
Features
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Videos
Ania Magliano shows viewers what really goes on in the SNL UK writers 'room in this behind-the-scenes footage.
A team of Britain's topic comics and writers fillet the papers for the best stories for the Weekend Update section, then hone their jokes with laser-sharp focus...
Inside the SNL UK writers' room
Let Ania Magliano be your guide
Trailer for The Trip to the Northern Lights
With Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon
Maria Bamford & Maeve Press in Too Many Buddhas
Award-winning dark comedy short
From SNL UK