© BBC Charlie Baker joins EastEnders
Comic makes his soap debut tonight
02/02/2016 … Comedian Charlie Baker is joining the cast of EastEnders tonight.
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Tue 02 February 2016
© BBC Mon 01 February 2016
Izzard revives One Word Impro
Back for a 20th anniversary gig
01/02/2016 … Eddie Izzard has announced a new West End show – with a revival of an improv format that helped make his name 20 years ago.
Cooking up a victory
Radio award for In And Out Of The Kitchen
01/02/2016 … Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards’ Radio 4 sitcom In And Out Of The Kitchen has been honoured at the BBC Audio Drama awards.
Bloomsbury Theatre to stay shut until 2018
...and Piccadilly Comedy Club loses venue, too
01/02/2016 … London’s Bloomsbury Theatre is to remain closed for at least two more years, it was revealed today.
© BBC Car Share named comedy of the year
Peep Show and Inside No 9 also claim British Comedy Guide gongs
01/02/2016 … Peter Kay’s Car Share has been named comedy of the year by the British Comedy Guide.
Netflix show for Dr Brown
Comic given carte blanche in The Characters
01/02/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Dr Brown has made his own half-hour show for Netflix.
Sun 31 January 2016
Aired at last, the comedy dropped after terror attacks
31/01/2016 … The Radio 2 comedy pulled in the wake of the Paris terror attacks will finally be aired this week.
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The pick of the comedy week ahead
31/01/2016 … The best of the comedy week ahead…Sunday January 31TV: Here's a chance to reappraise the underrated The Armando Iannucci Shows, now the titular creator has returned…