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Thank Christ it's Easter... And welcome to your Easter Egg of
comedy news
courtesy of Chortle.co.uk. As
always, for more – plus listings of more than 4,500 forthcoming
comedy events - check the website.
Have your say in the People's Choice category of the Chortle Student
Comedy Awards, powered by The Sims 3 >>
 BBC Two has commissioned a second series
of Watson and Oliver, despite disappointing ratings for the first
run. >>
An Irish stand-up fan got a tattoo of his local comedy club’s logo
inked on his arm – only to find the venue unveil a new design that very
night. >>
Sky Atlantic has picked up the Jack Dee panel show Don’t Sit In The
Front Row – in which stand-ups have to improvise routines based around
audience members’ lives. >>
Comedy agent and TV company Avalon has almost doubled its profits, to
£4.67million.
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And Kenny Everett is to be the latest comedy great to get the BBC Four
biopic treatment. >>
Win one of five Yes Minister box sets >>
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New videos from Glenn Wool and Pat Burtscher in Melbourne; a
teaser for Ricky Gervais's Derek and other clips from Matt Lucas, Late
Night Gimp Fight and more
Click
here to watch all videos.
In Correspondents, the section you write:
Why it's great to be an MC >>
Why do so many teachers go into stand-up? >>
Click
here to learn how to contribute.
Daniel Kitson's new stand-up show Where Once Was Wonder >>
And other reviews from the Melbourne comedy festival, including
America's Wanda Sykes and Australia's Asher Treleaven >>
From the Glasgow International Comedy Festival:
Janey Godley Too Old For Telly >>
Senior Moments: The Twilight Zone >>
And the book Writing Comedy >>
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