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13/04/2017 … ITV has ordered a second series of Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule to air next year.

13/04/2017 … Friends is becoming a musical … sort of.

13/04/2017 … Northern Irish comedian Ryan Hand is to be one of the presenters of ITV’s new primetime Saturday-night show Cannonball.

13/04/2017 … Roy Hudd has pulled out of the touring stage version of Waiting For God, on doctors’ orders.

13/04/2017 … Two of the Britain’s Got Talent judges say they want a stand-up to win the next series of the talent show.

13/04/2017 … A sci-fi rom-com featuring Matt Lucas is to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

13/04/2017 … Eddie Izzard's autobiography Believe Me is to be published in June, several months later than initially planned.

13/04/2017 … Diane Morgan has become the new face of British tourism, starring in a £3million campaign to try to woo more American visitors.

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