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27/08/2010 … Bennett Arron caused something of an upset during his Fringe show this week, when he asked the audience if anyone had been arrested.
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27/08/2010 … Bennett Arron caused something of an upset during his Fringe show this week, when he asked the audience if anyone had been arrested.
27/08/2010 … Matt Lucas has launched legal action against the Daily Mail, claiming a story about how he was affected by the suicide of his former civil partner breached his privacy.
26/08/2010 … James Kirk has won the annual So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition less than nine months after starting stand-up.
26/08/2010 … Ben Elton and Johnny Vegas are to perform stand-up in their home towns for a new series for Dave.
26/08/2010 … Channel 4 has given a primetime five-part sketch series to an unknown comic after being set a taster tape.
25/08/2010 … Douglas Adams’s ‘holistic detective’ Dirk Gently is to make his first appearance on TV.
25/08/2010 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of puppet comedy Mongrels.
25/08/2010 … The shortlist has been unveiled for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards – with two women up for the main award for the first time.
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