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Outnumbered 'will be back'

A tight 5: July 3

OUTNUMBERED will return for one-off specials, star Hugh Dennis believes. The hit BBC One sitcom ended after five series last year, but the actor told ITV's Loose Women yesterday: 'I think it's completely done as a series but there will be specials. I'm confident there will be specials.'

THE Greenwich Comedy Festival has announced its line-up, with Reginald D Hunter, Adam Buxton, Rich Hall and Ed Byrne among the acts performing in two tents erected in the historic grounds of the National Maritime Museum in South London from September 16 to 20. Listings.

ROB DELANEY, Milton Jones and Katherine Ryan are among the acts appearing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals over the weekend of August 28 to 30, it has been announced.

BILL COSBY will not be charged over one sexual assault that he was alleged to have carried out. Actress Lili Bernard claimed the comedian drugged and raped her in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the 1990s. New Jersey does have a statute of limitations on sexual assault, but it did at the time of the allegations, and Cosby's lawyers successfully argued that meant the investigation should stop. The comic has never been charged over any of the accusations against him.

STEPHEN K AMOS has announced a new tour for the autumn and winter, with 38 dates of his new show The Laughter Master kicking off in Farnham on November 5, following its run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dates

Published: 3 Jul 2015

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