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Prize includes Edinburgh Fringe accommodation
07/05/2025 … Adam Dorr was named West End New Act Of The Year 2025 in London last night Madeleine Brettingham and Jim Hooker bagged the runner-up spots and while both Imran…
© Phil McIntyre TV Rare archive material probes her anger and insecurities
07/05/2025 … UKTV has ordered a feature-length documentary celebrating the life of Victoria Wood.
Apple TV+ comedy returning for a fifth series
06/05/2025 … Apple TV+ has renewed its British comedy series Trying for a fifth season.
The best of the week's live comedy
04/05/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© UKTV The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/05/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday May 5 SILENCE IS GOLDEN: It’s a bit like Amazon’s Last One Laughing,…
Applications now open for public judges
03/05/2025 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have launched their annual appeal for die-hard comedy fans to join the judges.
'An antidote to hearing the same old voices'
02/05/2025 … Matt Forde is to host his first Radio 4 comedy series.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Ex-comic faces rape and sexual assault charges
02/05/2025 … Russell Brand has been granted bail over the charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault he faces.
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