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© Burning Bright / BBC America UK airing for Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart's comedy
07/07/2014 … E4 has bought the rights to Almost Royal – the blue-blooded American comedy series starring comics Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart.
06/07/2014 … The comedy week aheadTodayLIVE IN LONDON: Chortle's jam-packed Edinburgh showcase, Fast Fringe, comes to the Leicester Square Theatre, with Susan Calman introducing…
CBBC sketch show gets a reprieve
04/07/2014 … Horrible Histories could be on its way back, CBBC boss Cheryl Taylor has revealed.
Directed by Still Game's Greg Hemphill
04/07/2014 … Frankie Boyle is to star in his first film.
Comedy Central pilots glamorous comedy
04/07/2014 … Comedy Central is piloting a new sitcom about an overweight British bloke who shares a Miami apartment with three hot models.
04/07/2014 … ‘My favourite comedian of all time is Eddie Murphy.
Fury of the comics' favourite from Opie & Anthony
04/07/2014 … American comedy 'shock jock' Anthony Cumia – of Opie & Anthony fame –has been fired from his radio show after sparking a racism storm.
04/07/2014 … RADIO 4 has commissioned a second series of Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler, in which the comic adventurer attempted to win bizarre bets from history.
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