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Put out the bunting! Throw a street party! It's time to
celebrate yet another weekly round-up of comedy news
courtesy of Chortle.co.uk. As
always, for more – plus listings of thousands of forthcoming
comedy events - check the website.
 The BBC has axed Dirk Gently, blaming the
licence free freeze. >>
The Edinburgh Fringe has launched its 2012 programme – defying the
recession and competition from the Olympics >>
And the BBC is planning to broadcast a live, overnight, marathon
comedy show from the festival >>
A bunch of stories from the launch of Sky Atlantic's new comedy line-up
yesterday:
Steve Coogann says Alan Partridge's appearance on The Day Today were
crude and unsophistcated >>
Adam Buxton shares his experiences with interenet trolls >>
Jack Dee says his new panel show has been made female-friendly >>
Armando Iannucci on the differences btween Veep and The Thick Of It >>
Julia Davis drops hints that her axed sitcom Lizzie and Sarah might
make a comeback >>
Sky is seeking new character comics for a
series of short films >>
Salford University has launched an archvie of 500 hours of comedy
footage, which the public will be able to access >>
A comedy mash-up of Andrew Marr’s fawning portrait of the Queen has
been removed from YouTube following a complaint by the BBC. >>
An awards ceremony for the Brighton Fringe has been branded ‘cruel’ and
‘unprofessional’ after telling a comedian she’d been nominated for an
award, when she hadn’t. >>
Ross Noble’s movie debut has landed a distribution deal, which means it
will hit cinemas in the autumn. >>
Brendan O'Carroll is to make Mrs Brown's Boys into a film. >>
And Jerry Seinfeld was offered $100million to continue with his sitcom
– but turned it down >>
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New clips from Nick Helm, Two Episodes Of MASH, Garfunkel and
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In Correspondents, the section you write:
Our Brighton awards are a cause for celebration >>
How we revived a classic sitcom for the stage >>
The Hollywood hustle: A dispatch from the LA comedy scene >>
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You Are Nothing! A historyof the cult Cluub Zarathrustra, masterminded
by Simon Munnery and Stewart Lee >>
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