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© BBC/2LE Media/Colin Hutton Denials after the row over tweet
01/02/2015 … The writers of the new BBC comedy Asylum have audaciously claimed that it was NOT inspired by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after all.
Comic, 59, 'clutched his chest'
31/01/2015 … Veteran comic Ted Robbins collapsed on stage during Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights revival show tonight.
30/01/2015 … FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS could be hitting the road again – with some new material.
© Giles Smith About 'trying to fit in and feel less alone'
30/01/2015 … Josie Long is making a sitcom for Radio 4.
© BBC/2LE Media/Colin Hutton Controversy hits new comedy based on the Wikileaks founder
30/01/2015 … The writer of the BBC's new comedy inspired by Julian Assange once called for the police to publicly shoot the Wikileaks founder in the head.
No second series for twentysomething sitcom
30/01/2015 … London Irish, Channel 4's comedy about badly-behaved Northern Irish twentysomethings, will not be returning for a second series.
© Creative Commons: Alex Folkes/Fishnik Photography 30/01/2015 … • Death Row prisoner Richard Glossip has revealed how he spends the final days before his execution date – Watching Last Of The Summer Wine.
Watch as another US open mic night becomes a fight
29/01/2015 … A comedy audience were stunned after an open mic comic punched the compere in the face.
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