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Comics' benefit for their ill manager
26/01/2017 … A bunch of comedians is staging a charity gig to help pay the medical expenses of their former agent.
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© BBC/Stephen Perry/Wall to Wall Greg Davies is descended from royalty
Revelation on Who Do You Think You Are?
25/01/2017 … Greg Davies has discovered that he is descended from royalty.
Dave gives Matt Forde another spin
Second series for topical show Unspun
25/01/2017 … Dave has commissioned a second series of its political comedy show Unspun With Matt Forde.
Al Porter signs big radio deal
Daily show on Ireland's Today FM
25/01/2017 … Al Porter is to present his own radio show in Ireland.
© BBC BBC gears up for W1A series three
Jargon-filled press release confirms the news
25/01/2017 … Filming is to start on the third series of W1A next month, the BBC has confirmed.
Unearthed: The stand-up comedy of Trump apologist Kellyanne Conway
25/01/2017 … Excruciating footage has emerged of Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway as stand-up comedian.
© Tim Downie/Twitter Noel Fielding films Upstart Crow role
25/01/2017 … NOEL FIELDING is to appear in the next series of Ben Elton’s Shakespearean sitcom Upstart Crow.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Country cousins
BBC Three rural mockumentary from Daisy May and Charlie Cooper
25/01/2017 … Character comic siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have landed their own BBC Three sitcom.