Honours for Bill Bailey, Meera Syal, Matt Lucas and Paul Chuckle
Plus a knighthood for Roy Clarke
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Dom Joly: I was denied entry to the US
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Ricky Gervais: The working-class are the only group you can mock now
Whenever he faces a backlash for his jokes against…
Lost Steptoe and Son Christmas script unearthed
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Ricky Gervais’s coffers swell by £1.5million
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Iain Stirling scoops Celebrity MasterChef’
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Jimmy Kimmel to deliver C4's Christmas message
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Tour news
Features
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'Winning a Bafta is like getting a penis'
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Who played Prince Charming in Not Going Out?
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Reviews
Live comedy picks
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Return of scheme to finance a debut Fringe run
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Punching Up
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Videos
Here’s Katherine Ryan talking about her ‘best child’ Violet – and how their relationship has changed since she became a teenager.
It comes from her stand-up show, First Born Daughter, which aired on Sky Max last night and also covers the royal family, the word ‘nonce’, fat phobia, and more.
The show is repeated on Wednesday at 9pm on Sky Comedy.
Katherine Ryan's daughter is absolutely brutal
From her First Born Daughter special
Trailer for series two of Rosie Jones's Out Of Order
Returning to Comedy Central next month
Scottish Christmas movie accents
From Queen of the New Year
SNL's Weekend Update on the Epstein Files
And it's the annual Christmas Joke Swap