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© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Part of a Radio 2 comedy season
14/02/2017 … Radio 2 has released details of a new batch of comedy showcases featuring Romesh Ranganathan, Cardinal Burns, Tim Vine and a new sketch show from Harry Enfield…
14/02/2017 … Lovdev Barpaga has been crowned this year's UK Pun Champion at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Heydon Prowse in Valentine's Day stunt
14/02/2017 … Comedian Heydon Prowse has pranked Downing Street staff – convincing them that Donald Trump wanted to send Theresa May some Valentine's Day flowers.
More of Spike Milligan's series comes to DVD
14/02/2017 … The second volume of Spike Milligan’s groundbreaking Q series is to be released for the first time later this month.
In a 'gritty reboot' of Robin Hood
14/02/2017 … Tim Minchin is to play Friar Tuck in a new movie version of Robin Hood.
Inspired by her hatred of a Britain that voted 'Leave'
14/02/2017 … Bridget Christie is making a new Radio 4 series inspired by her disillusionment with Britain after the vote to leave the EU.
© C4/Steve Brown 13/02/2017 … MARK DOLAN has been eliminated from The Jump on its second week, after recording the shortest distance in his ski-jump.
So Sammy to launch on Disney Channel app
13/02/2017 … Miranda Hart is making her first move into children’s TV.
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