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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.
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© 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.
Geoff Norcott to appear on Question Time
25/01/2017 … Tory comedian Geoff Norcott is to appear on Question Time tomorrow.
RIP, America's sitcom queen
25/01/2017 … Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.
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.
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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.
He died saving others from Arctic storm
Posthumous gallantry honour for comedy promoter
25/01/2017 … The comedy promoter who died on an Arctic expedition has been honoured for sacrificing his life to protect the other members of his group.
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.