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Let us inflate your interest rates.. with lots of fascinating
comedy news stories from the week from Chortle.co.uk. As
always, for more – plus listings of thousands of forthcoming
comedy events - check the website.
A Q&A with YouTube-to-E4 comedy group Midnight Beast >>
 Ideal is to be made into a movie >>
Set List - the live show in which comedians have to improvise entire
routines from scratch – is to be made into a TV series. >>
Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews has created a new sitcom set in
BBC Broadcasting House in the Thirties.
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Michael McIntyre has ended a gig on crutches after one of his physical
gags went awry. >>
He has also come under fire for charging £31 for ‘work in progress’
shows at the Fringe >>
Jo Brand is to write a book about being a middle-aged woman. >>
Outnumbered is to return for a fifth series, plus 40-minute Christmas
special, producers Hat Trick have announced. >>
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is returning to British screens every
weekday. >>
Louis CK is extending his ‘do-it-yourself’ approach to comedy by
selling tickets to his next stand-up tour direct to fans. >>
And Rob Brydon is to make his West End debut in a new production of A
Chorus of Disapproval. >>
Win Cardinal Burns' E4 series on DVD >>
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Fast Fringe is over for another year... at least in London. We're back
every day at the Edinburgh Fringe, with 12 acts and a compere squeezed
into every hour. Here are the tickets. >>
A spoof of the Stone Roses reunion, the Midnight Beast play live, a
clip from the Mock The Week episode which got pulled from the schedules
last night and Seth Macfarlane in his failed pitches,
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here to watch all videos.
In Correspondents, the section you write:
The secrets of marketing an Edinburgh show >>
Spirit of the Fringe? Not after 9pm, thanks to ScotRail's alcohol ban >>
Ten business lessons you can apply to stand-up >>
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The stage show based on The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy >>
United Comedy with Three Englishmen, Ginger & Black, Jessie Cave,
Georgia Brown and Patrick Turpin >>
Rudi Lickwood, Bob Mills and Otiz Cannelloni at Big Night Out >>
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