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© The Galton and Simpson estates Fundraising drive to preserve the collection of comedy writing giants
21/05/2025 … A fundraising campaign has been launched to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the scriptwriting duo behind Steptoe and Son and Hancock’s…
© Channel 4 Channel 4 series funded by tourist board
21/05/2025 … Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie have toured Ireland for a new Channel 4 series.
© Prime Video Maiden, Mother, Crone is a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star
20/05/2025 … Writer, actor and comedian Rebecca Humphries has signed a book deal for her debut novel.
Closing track from their West End and Broadway hit
20/05/2025 … The closing track of the Broadway and West End hit Operation Mincemeat has been released as a single today.
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
© ITV 20/05/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week.
© Avalon BBC renews its longest-running sitcom
19/05/2025 … The BBC has renewed Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out for yet another series - as it's revealed the timeline will again jump forward when the show…
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