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© English Heritage Which comedians have been honoured with plaques
12/05/2016 … Tommy Cooper today becomes only the 12th comedian to be honoured with a blue plaque – although he is one of the more famous to modern minds.
© BBC/House of Tomorrow 10/05/2016 … Tell us about your new series… It’s a one-episode series all about Shakespeare, who was England’s biggest playwriter and our only ever official Bard.
© BBC/Colin Hutton David Mitchell on Upstart Crow
03/05/2016 … 'He's arguably the globally most significant artistic figure – and he's just some bloke from the Midlands.
Belgian comic Lieven Scheire chooses his comedy favourites
03/05/2016 … Thank You God - Tim Minchin I think we all know those moments where a friend shows you a clip he likes on YouTube, or sends you a link, and you find yourself clicking…
Johnny Vegas on Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
29/04/2016 … Johnny Vegas is about to star in one of four short films written acclaimed author Neil Gaiman.
Craig Cash on Sky's new comedy Rovers
26/04/2016 … Craig Cash is returning to TV screens for the first time since 2012's Royle Family special in Sky1's new comedy Rovers.
Jay Richardson on the actors slaying 'em in Westeros
25/04/2016 … HBO's epic fantasy series Game of Thrones is back, featuring plenty of comic talent keeping straight faces through all the swordplay, ice zombies, dragons and Aiden…
Ten comedians who have played Shakespeare
23/04/2016 … As we mark exactly 400 years since Shakespeare's death (and 452 since his birth), here are ten comedians who have taken on roles in productions of the Bard's work…
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