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Sinister puppets of the military-industrial complex most likely orchestrating it all
08/02/2024 … It might not be the biggest issue on his mind, Russell Brand has lost his bid to turn his local pub into offices and a recording studio.
© Ra Boe / Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Guy Jenkin's Fool explores Queen's relationship with her jester
07/02/2024 … Karen Gillan is to play Mary Tudor in a new period comedy from Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin.
© Matt Stronge About being an American in Britain
07/02/2024 … British-based American comic Russell Hicks has announced his first tour.
© BBC Parental Guidance has Shanthi 'putting him in his place'
07/02/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan is working on an ITV comedy quiz show with his mum Shanthi.
Dickens show to tour this winter
07/02/2024 … If it’s good enough for Eddie Izzard, it’s good enough for Count Arthur Strong… The chaotic thespian is to present his own one-man version…
Following in Ken Dodd's footsteps as Malvolio in Twelfth Night
07/02/2024 … Les Dennis is set to make his Shakespearean debut, playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night.
Paul Smith to play 12,000 capacity Liverpool gig
06/02/2024 … Paul Smith is to play what’s being billed as the biggest UK open-air comedy gig this year.
On what would have been his 90th birthday.
06/02/2024 … Rob Brydon is to pay tribute to Barry Humphries on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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