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Sat 09 December 2017
Fri 08 December 2017
Strictly improvised
Details of 2018's 50-hour Improvathon released
08/12/2017 … The annual 50-hour improvised comedy show is returning to London next year.
Four Candles script to be auctioned off
Who'll fork out for Ronnie Barker's handwritten words?
08/12/2017 … Ronnie Barker’s handwritten script for the classic Four Candles sketch is to go under the hammer again.
Is this Ireland's funniest joke?
08/12/2017 … Comic Sean Hegarty has been crowned the winner of a competition to find Ireland's Funniest Joke.
4 on tour
Several comics announce UK dates
08/12/2017 … Four comedians have announced tours this week.
Could you amuse a moose?
08/12/2017 … Entries have opened for Amused Moose Comedy's national new comic awards.
Syd Little and The Krankies check in to The Real Marigold Hotel
Comics join BBC One's reality show
08/12/2017 … Syd Little and the Krankies are among the celebrities taking part in the third series of The Real Marigold Hotel.
Jack Whitehall to host the Brit Awards
'It is the kind of show you dream of hosting as a kid'
08/12/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to host the Brit Awards for the first time next year.