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© C4 Celebrity versions of Benchmark announced
20/05/2015 … Jimmy Carr, Vic Reeves, Mark Watson and Jason Byrne are to appear in a celebrity version of Channel 4's new daytime quiz Benchmark.
© Gordon Joly / Creative Commons London landmark becomes a comedy venue
19/05/2015 … London landmark The Cutty Sark is to become a comedy venueThe 19th-century clipper is to host a series of Edinburgh previews in its hold in the week running up to…
19/05/2015 … DANIEL KITSON is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Rhod Gilbert to tackle Patagonia
19/05/2015 … Rhod Gilbert is to trek Argentina for charity.
Chortle student semi-finals to be streamed live
18/05/2015 … The semi-finals of this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award are to be streamed via Periscope.
New cast announced for BBC's dark comedy
18/05/2015 … Reece Shearsmith, Tim Key and Rufus Jones have all joined the cast of BBC’s dark comedy thriller Stag.
ITV confirms sketch series has been recommissioned
18/05/2015 … ITV 2 has confirmed that it has renewed The Keith Lemon Sketch Show for a second series.
17/05/2015 … The comedy week ahead…Sunday May 17ONLINE: Following the success of his iPlayer-only referendum show (which attracted 715,000 requests) Frankie Boyle returns with…
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