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© Lin Cook/BBC More than 20 years after his death
23/07/2017 … Peter Cook's daughters have inherited a stake in Private Eye magazine - more than 20 years after his death.
© BBC 23/07/2017 … Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins will be hosting a revived Generation Game, the BBC has confirmed today.
© BBC / Fudge Park Too 22/07/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.
© BBC Split between his wife and mistress
22/07/2017 … Dad’s Army creator Jimmy Perry split his fortune between his wife and his long-term mistress, it has been revealed.
Another BBC semi-finalist named
21/07/2017 … Andy Field has won the fourth heat of this year’s BBC New Comedy Award.
© BBC/Endemol Shine 21/07/2017 … The Mash Report got off to a slow start in the ratings last night, Fronted by Nish Kumar, BBC Two’s topical show attracted 800,000 viewers at 10pm –…
Alan Tyler had worked with Michael McIntyre, Mrs Brown and Sarah Millican
21/07/2017 … BBC entertainment executive Alan Tyler is to leave the Corporation after more than a decade.
O-T Fagbenle plays washed-up boy band star
21/07/2017 … Channel 4 has slipped out a new series of Comedy Blap shorts featuring The Handmaid's Tale star O-T Fagbenle.
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