Merseyside Police Farce
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The comedy clubs still staging shows... online
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New Radio 4 show from housebound comedians
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Sandi Toksvig launches web series
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Susan Calman hosts a new TV show... from her back garden
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Tributes to comedy writer John Langdon
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Little Britain could be back as a stage show
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Student Comedy Awards: Last semi-finalists announced
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Lee Mack reports coronavirus symptoms
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Alex Horne sets Taskmaster challenges for the nation
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Features
I wanted to be Will Smith growing up...
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Which computer game system did Morecambe and Wise once advertise?
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Inside No 9: Every episode ranked
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'My insecurities are woven into this character'
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Happy birthday Barry Cryer!
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'When physical comedy makes you laugh, it’s funnier than anything verbal'
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Reviews
Saturday Night Live at The Stand
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Live comedy picks
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Videos
Here’s another deleted scene from This Country’s third and final series.
Just released by the BBC, it features Kerry Mucklowe – Daisy May Cooper – discussing the existence of a big cat roaming the Cotswolds countryside.
And she insists she has seen one of the creatures, despite not normally believing in conspiracy theories..
Do you believe in big cats?
This Country deleted scene
This Country: Bloopers and outtakes
From series 3
Turn your bathroom into a venue for a great night out |
Taskmaster's second 'home tasking' challenge
With John Finnemore