© C4/Mark Johnson Kathy Burke joins C4's Crashing
17/12/2015 … Kathy Burke is to make a guest appearance in the new Channel 4 comedy Crashing.
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Thu 17 December 2015
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Jason Manford joins Absolute Radio
Sunday breakfast show for 2016
17/12/2015 … Jason Manford is to become a DJ on Absolute Radio.
Wed 16 December 2015
© BBC/Des Willie Josh renewed for a second series
Widdicombe's sitcom gets six more episodes
16/12/2015 … The BBC has commissioned a second series of Josh Widdicombe’s self-titled sitcom.
Revealed: 2015's top comedians
....and neither of them played a gig this year
16/12/2015 … The top two live comedians of 2015 have been named – and neither of them have done a gig all year.
C4 to mock the Royals in new comedy
Spoof soap about their love life
16/12/2015 … Channel 4 is making a comedy soap opera about the Royal Family's love lives.
AbFab movie 'is racist'
Margaret Cho blasts Janette Krankie's yellowface
16/12/2015 … The new Absolutely Fabulous movie has been branded racist – after casting Janette Krankie as a Japanese fashion designer .
Ross Noble announces new tour
Brain Dump tickets go on sale tomorrow
16/12/2015 … Ross Noble has announced a new tour for autumn next year.
Craig Cash pilots new BBC One comedy
Broken Biscuits set in his home town
16/12/2015 … Craig Cash has written and directed a BBC One pilot in his local town.