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20/06/2013 … BBC Three has announced Boom Town, its ‘sketch show with real people’, will air from August.
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Cats do Countdown... again
20/06/2013 … THE 8 Out Of 10 Cats team are to take on Countdown again.
Wed 19 June 2013
Howard's away
Russell adds global dates after Facebook appeal
19/06/2013 … Russell Howard is to perform his first dates in America – after asking his fans where he should play.
Hollywood gets more Dumb
Sequel on the way - after 20 years
19/06/2013 … Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are to reunite for a Dumb And Dumber sequel 20 years after the original.
And it's hello from him...
Rare Two Ronnies footage in new Gold show
19/06/2013 … Rare Two Ronnies footage will be aired in a new Gold series paying tribute to the duo.
'We'll back 50 ideas... we only need one hit'
Comedy development studio launches
19/06/2013 … A new TV and internet studio is looking to back 50 new ideas – most of them comedy – in the hope that at least one of them is a hit.
Streaming stand-up
19/06/2013 … A COMPANY that streams live music gigs over the internet is making its first moves into comedy at the weekend – allowing stand-up fans to watch a live show from…
Absolute Radio moves into panel shows
Nick Hancock to host The Manuscript
19/06/2013 … Absolute Radio is making a rare venture into the comedy panel show, with a new series about masculinity.