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© BBC Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s canine companion 'writes his ‘pawtobiography'
12/08/2024 … Ted, the dog from Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s Gone Fishing, has 'written' his first book.
Edinburgh Fringe accolades now come with cash prizes
12/08/2024 … The Comedians’ Choice Awards are returning to this year’s Fringe, it has been announced.
A crime thriller set in hospital
12/08/2024 … Adam Kay is writing his first novel – to be published next year as part of a two-book deal.
11/08/2024 … The hunt is on for the funniest original Jewish jokes on the Edinburgh Fringe.
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
11/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 13 MATT RIFE: LUCID The latest special from the comic who rose up through…
11/08/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Memorial event for Office star
10/08/2024 … Family, friends and former colleagues of The Office star Ewen MacIntosh are to raise a scotch egg to his life at a memorial event next month.
...as C4 snaps up Jordan Gray's Is It A Bird?
09/08/2024 … Sky Comedy is to air John Kearns’s acclaimed stand-up show The Varnishing Days on August 31.
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