Ghosts could be getting a US remake
CBS developing its own version
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Honouring comedy that makes a difference
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BBC comedy awards nominate virtually no women
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Back To Life gets a second series
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Jessie Cave writes her first novel
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Ricky Gervais to receive a Rose d'Or
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Adam Hills makes rugby documentary
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C4's Alternative Election Night returns
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First look at Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer in Intelligence
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BBC defends Have I Got News For You over bias claims
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Bumped! Bob Mortimer's Would I Lie To You return dropped from schedues
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Features
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Win Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland on DVD
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The piano is a cross he's bearing for his sins...
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Punching Up
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Videos
Jenny Bede is celebrating International Men's Day with a new music video.
She says that for years men haven't been lucky enough to have their bodies appreciated and objectified – in the way women do in pop.
So today that changes with her celebration of testicles, entitled simply Balls.
It's the bollocks...
Jenny Bede: Balls
Marking International Men's Day
What has the National Lottery ever done for us?
Jimmy Carr fronts new sketch
Armando Iannucci’s new space comedy
Not playing by the rules!