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© Steve Ullathorne Stories from the forerunner of modern comedy
24/03/2016 … John Dowie is writing a memoir about his time laying the groundwork for alternative comedy – which he quit to indulge a passion for cycling.
24/03/2016 … • When Russell Kane was attacked in a Stewart Lee routine, he decided to hit back with material of his own, appropriating the sardonic style of the (slightly)…
23/03/2016 … Entries have opened for this year's BBC New Comedy Award.
John Cleese hits out at unofficial Fawlty Towers show
23/03/2016 … John Cleese is threatening to sue the theatre company behind the Faulty Towers Dining Experience for ripping off his characters.
© C4/Ed Miller RTS award victories for Catastrophe and Chewing Gum
23/03/2016 … Catastrophe was named best scripted comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards last night, with creators Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan also scooping the comedy…
23/03/2016 … Voting has now opened for the People's Choice award for the final leg of the Chortle Student Comedy award.
© Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons Elijah Wood signs up for new series
23/03/2016 … Hobbit star Elijah Wood has signed up to the new TV adaptation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
© C4 23/03/2016 … Scrotal Recall has been re-commissioned for a seconds series – but on Netflix, not Channel 4.
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