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© BBC/Two Brothers Triumph at the Broadcast Digital Awards
04/07/2019 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge has another trophy for her mantlepiece after Fleabag was named best comedy programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards last night.
Robert Llewelyn had a 'comedians in cars' show long before him...
03/07/2019 … Jerry Seinfeld has issued an apology to Red Dwarf star Robert Llewelyn over Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
He also worked on That Was The Week That Was,
03/07/2019 … Private Eye’s first editor, Christopher Booker, has died at the age of 81.
Comedy character joins big-screen adaptation
03/07/2019 … Comedy creation Myra DuBois has joined the cast of the movie version of Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
Stand-up who appeared in Father Ted cancels summer tour
03/07/2019 … Veteran Irish comedian and singer Brendan Grace has revealed that he has lung cancer.
Joe Pasquale to take Frank Spencer on tour again
03/07/2019 … Joe Pasquale is taking 1970s sitcom Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em back on the road next year.
03/07/2019 … The cast of Red Dwarf have reunited for a new advert for the AA.
Support for Phil Jerrod as he has an organ removed
02/07/2019 … Fellow comics have rallied to the aid of stand-up Phil Jerrod after he announced he needed to have a kidney removed Within six hours today his colleagues raised…
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