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27/02/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan is to become the curator of the next series of Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity, Chortle can reveal.

27/02/2017 … A new comedy podcast is set to spoof other comedy podcasts.

27/02/2017 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has beaten its own box-office record, selling 22 per cent more tickets than last year.

27/02/2017 … Joseph Morpurgo and comedian and financial guru Dominic Frisby are both piloting new shows for Radio 4.

27/02/2017 … Adam Buxton is to go camping on the wilds of Dartmoor for a new Channel 4 show.

27/02/2017 … Benefit Cosmetics has ended is sponsorship of the Funny Women Awards after five years.

27/02/2017 … The producers of the Oscars have been accused of ripping off Michael McIntyre's Big Show.

27/02/2017 … Joe Irvine, a third-year film studies student, won the heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award in St Andrew's on Tuesday night.

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