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© BBC/Lucky Giant/Todd Antony More details of BBC's Victorian medical comedy Quacks
17/03/2016 … The BBC has officially released details of Quacks, the comedy-drama set in the world of Victorian medicine which Chortle first reported in October last year.
One of scores of Fringe shows announced today
17/03/2016 … 24 star Mary Lynn Rajskub is to perform a stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
17/03/2016 … Voting has now opened for the People's Choice award for the Manchester leg of the Chortle Student Comedy award.
17/03/2016 … Steve Coogan says he's considering a new chat show for Alan Partridge - but this time with real guests.
17/03/2016 … Lenny Henry is to act in a new series of 'darkly comic, genre-bending monologues' for Radio 4.
Starring as an explorer in The Great Indoors
16/03/2016 … Stephen Fry could follow his comedy parter Hugh Laurie to US success.
© BBC She's never heard Miles Jupp host it
15/03/2016 … Sandi Toksvig has admitted she hasn’t listened to The News Quiz since Miles Jupp took over.
15/03/2016 … Jack Dee has quit as host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired.
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