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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
© Channel 4 Richard Ayoade to host the Crystal Maze
13/01/2017 … Richard Ayoade has been named as the new host of the Crystal Maze.
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.
© 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.