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© BBC Ricky Gervais sitcom was Stuart Fields' specialist subject
25/04/2023 … Stuart Field has been crowned 2023 Mastermind champion after answering questions on the Ricky Gervais sitcom Extras.
Citing ‘unforeseen personal circumstances’
25/04/2023 … Griff Rhys Jones has pulled his stand-up tour, citing ‘unforeseen personal circumstances’.
© Lia Toby/Getty Images for Bafta 24/04/2023 … Lisa McGee has won a Bafta for writing Derry Girls.
Dan Atkinson stunned that footballer's wife can cash in on his Wagatha Christie gag
24/04/2023 … Dan Atkinson – the comedian who coined the phrase ‘Wagatha Christie’ – has admitted he was ‘dumbfounded’ to learn that footballer’s…
Playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium
24/04/2023 … Jennifer Saunders is to make her pantomime debut, playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium.
Recordings capture his 'evolution from nightclub comedian to the voice of his generation'
23/04/2023 … Richard Pryor’s first two albums are to be re-released as newly remastered vinyl LPs.
© BBC/James Stack The week's best comedy on TV and radio
23/04/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday April 23 THE REAL McCOY: The fifth series of the groundbreaking 1990s sketch…
23/04/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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