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© C4 BBC Two launches daily topical mini-show from Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
23/05/2017 … Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin – the creators of Outnumbered and Drop The Dead Donkey – are making a new ultra-topical political comedy for…
© Steve Ullathorne Comedy thriller now in development
23/05/2017 … Paul Merton has revealed that he is writing a comedy-thriller for the big screen.
'I think you have to carry on'
23/05/2017 … Stewart Lee says he’s going ahead with his gig in Greater Manchester tonight because ‘it seems like the right choice’.
Writers claim broadcaster fears a flop
23/05/2017 … ITV are ‘too scared’ to air the comeback of immoral MP Alan B’Stard, his creators have claimed.
23/05/2017 … The Manchester Comedy Store has cancelled its fundraiser for comedian Jim Tavare tonight, in light of the murderous attack at the Manchester Arena.
...according to Netflix research
23/05/2017 … Viewers prefer comedy early in the morning and late at night, streaming service Netflix has reported.
Attached would revolve around newly single 55-year-old
22/05/2017 … Ricky Gervais is planning a new sitcom about a fiftysomething man who splits from his wife.
© Paul Manners/CC BY-SA 4.0 Comic claims wrongful arrest over Stuart Lubbock's death
22/05/2017 … Michael Barrymore has launched his bid for £2.
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