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© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Sketch show becomes the broadcaster's sweariest programme
03/09/2025 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s new sketch show contains more C-bombs than any other Channel 4 show, The broadcaster’s chief content officer, Ian…
03/09/2025 … Alternative comedy magazine Chaff is inviting submissions of its fourth edition.
© Met Police Sir Mark Rowley speaks out over Graham Linehan arrest
03/09/2025 … Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said his officers had no choice but to arrest Graham Linehan over his anti-trans tweets.
The Office spin-off renewed for season 2 before the first drops
03/09/2025 … The Paper – the new mockumentary spin-off from The Office – has been renewed for a second series the day before its first drops in the US.
British comic now in the semi-finals
03/09/2025 … British improv rapper Chris Turner has made the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent.
03/09/2025 … My Family star Robert Lindsay and Marina Bye from the Siblings double act have joined the cast of Channel 4’s hit comedy Big Mood.
New series about the most terrifying night of Edd Hedges's life
02/09/2025 … One of Edd Hedges’ stand-up routines has been turned into a six-part podcast described as ‘part comedy special and part true crime documentary’.
Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth all nominated
02/09/2025 … Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth have been nominated for the Sky Arts Award for comedy The broadcaster said: ‘Elf Lyons is nominated for her…
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