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Sun 15 January 2017
© BBC Corbyn will fail as he doesn't watch Mrs Brown
15/01/2017 … Labour is doomed to electoral failure because its leaders don’t connect with fans Mrs Brown’s Boys.
More radio shows for Bennett Arron
15/01/2017 … Radio Wales has ordered a second series of stand-up show Bennett Arron Worries About.
Sat 14 January 2017
An exercise in comedy...
14/01/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.
Louis CK to play an animated cop
In a series he created with Albert Brooks
14/01/2017 … Louis CK is to star in an animated comedy about the police, which he co-created with fellow comic Albert Brooks.
Fri 13 January 2017
© BBC Mrs Brown's a hit on d'mand
Sitcom is No 2 in iPlayer chart
13/01/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the second most popular show on iPlayer over the Christmas period.
Limmy in talks to make Daft Wee Stories TV show
But he's done with sketches and internet shorts
13/01/2017 … Limmy is in talks to make a TV series based on his book Daft Wee Stories – but he won’t be returning to his sketch show, nor the internet shorts that made his…
Sky drops Michael Jackson comedy
Following row over Joseph Fiennes casting
13/01/2017 … Sky has dropped its controversial comedy episode in which Joseph Fiennes plays Michael Jackson.