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Chortle to host another seminar
15/05/2012 … Chortle is to host another seminar for new and aspiring comedians, offering invaluable tips on all aspects of the industry.
Tue 15 May 2012
Bad dog!
Sitcom has to change name of pooch named after murders
15/05/2012 … Producers of a new sitcom have been forced to rename a dog character, after a complaint that it was a reference to notorious murder cases.
Broken Brighton
Chortle editor Steve Bennett asks if England's biggest Fringe festival is a wash-out
15/05/2012 … I should be happy.
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15/05/2012 … JIM JEFFERIES has announced a brief two-week tour of the UK – the first since 50-date Alcoholocaust in 2010 – following the Edinburgh festival.
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15/05/2012 … KEVIN BRIDGES has announced two extra dates at Glasgow's SECC – October 3 and November 7 – and donating all proceeds to Teenage Cancer Trust and Yorkhill Children’s…
Hound's out of Juice
15/05/2012 … Rufus Hound has confirmed that he has left Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice.
America picks up White Van Man
The show BBC Three didn't want...
15/05/2012 … White Van Man is to be remade into a full US series – after BBC Three axed the original.
Oldies and goldies
Nicholas Parsons leads Sony Radio Award victors
15/05/2012 … Nicholas Parsons has won gold at the Sony Radio Awards – but at 88, he still wasn't the oldest winner last night.