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Sun 06 May 2018
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The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
06/05/2018 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 05 May 2018
A blossoming romance...
05/05/2018 … This week's comedy on demand…ElderflowerThis charming kinda romcom short stars Lou Sanders as Emily, who has just started her own business as a florist, in premises…
Fri 04 May 2018
'A very inspiring trip'
Comedians gig at the Calais refugee camp
04/05/2018 … A group of British-based comedians have travelled to the Calais refugee camp to put on a stand-up gig for the asylum-seekers there.
Jason Manford curtails show after fan collapses
Woman now making a good recovery
04/05/2018 … Jason Manford had to cut a gig short after a fan collapsed on the second row.
Spamalot to become a movie
Eric Idle's writing the script, to shoot next year
04/05/2018 … It’s a stage musical inspired by a movie.
Thu 03 May 2018
'Unknown' comic outsells Seinfeld – again
Second hometown arena gig for James Mullinger
03/05/2018 … British comic James Mullinger has again filled the 5,000-seat arena in the Canadian town where he now lives.
Record ratings for Taskmaster
Show attracts its biggest ever audience
03/05/2018 … Last night’s Taskmaster attracted the biggest audience in the show’s history.