Blappy Christmas
Channel 4 releases new batch of comedy shorts
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Axed: The comedy club that banned Tory voters
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Andrew Doyle goes on an 'anti-woke' tour
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Peter Crouch to host a comedy-entertainment show
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Fourth series for Marvelous Mrs Maisel
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Blake Harrison and Meera Syal join ITV's refugee comedy
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Jim Davidson quits running his charity
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Rob Delaney joins Home Alone reboot
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Hoax! Truth behind 'hate speech in comedy' article revealed
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Rose Matafeo scoops NZ Comedy Award
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Features
After my dad's suicide, comedy wasn't funny any more
The first laugh I ever got was at age three, and we were sitting around the campfire. My…
What department was at the centre of The Thick Of It?
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'The Fast Show is a terrible title...'
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What is Smithy's first name?
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Gavin & Stacey comeback: There were times when we almost gave up...
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Reviews
100 Things I Meant To Tell You by Arthur Smith
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Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Foil Arms and Hog – Swines
Dublin Vicar Street
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Huge Davies: The Carpark
Soho Theatre
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The Comedy Store Players
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Sunday 22nd Dec
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Stewart Lee: Snowflake / Tornado
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Adam Kay: Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas Live
Liverpool Royal Court Theatre
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Simon Brodkin: 100% Simon Brodkin
Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre
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John Bishop announces massive benefit for injured football fan
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NextUp announces its December releases
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Amused Moose starts its 2020 new act hunt
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Punching Up
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Videos
Comedian Chris Forbes has called a press conference to impart some very important new in this new Channel 4 sketch.
His bombshell announcement is greeted with some tough questioning, and turns out to have serious ramifications for his life.
Fellow comics Amy Matthews and Stuart McPherson also star in the short, which Forbes also wrote.
A very important announcement
...from comic Chris Forbes
Scarlett Johansson is a rapping elf
From Saturday Night Live
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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Yuriko Kotani on the weird things only British people do
Channel 4 comedy short