Derek goes to full series
09/05/2012 … Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Ricky Gevais's contentious care-home comedy Derek.
Wed 09 May 2012
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09/05/2012 … ROCK magazine Kerrang! has added a best comedian category to its annual awards, with Greg Davies, Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Noel Fielding and Bill Bailey nominated.
Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow
09/05/2012 … Ria Lina’s debut hour is a loose mixture of passable stand-up and jaunty ukulele songs, but without a strong raison d’etre beyond apparently the need to fill…
Tue 08 May 2012
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Marissa Burgess visits the Welsh festival
08/05/2012 … Machynlleth is a sleepy, albeit somewhat hippyish Welsh market town nestling between hills, right next to the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Mulaney for nothing...
08/05/2012 … American comic John Mulaney – a writer on Saturday Night Live - has recently released his second stand-up CD, and Chortle has ten copies to give away.
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08/05/2012 … EVEN before the first episode has aired, E4's sketch show Cardinal Burns has already received four complaints to watchdogs Ofcom – for its trailers alone.