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© BBC ...and Kylie Minogue appears in Ghosts, all for Comic Relief
08/03/2022 … Before Little Britain came Rock Profile – and now David Walliams and Matt Lucas are reuniting to revive the cult sketches that first made their…
© BBC/Comic Relief 08/03/2022 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will be popping into The Repair Shop in a new Comic Relief sketch.
© BBC Other roles included the children's show Come Outside
07/03/2022 … Lynda Baron, best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours, has died at the age of 82.
© Monstera/Pexels Society judges them less harshly, study finds
07/03/2022 … People are more forgiving of women who crack bad jokes than they are of men, a new study has found.
More stories about losing his sight
07/03/2022 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Jamie MacDonald’s stand-up show Life On The Blink.
New act for club's management arm
07/03/2022 … The management arm of the Comedy Store has signed up Ashish Suri, the fourth comedian to sign to the agency in five months.
...with comics sharing their favourite parts of the city
07/03/2022 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has launched its own podcast, with Scott Agnew interviewing fellow performers including Jack Docherty, Craig Hill…
Stewart Lee's favourite comic to support Stewart Lee's favourite band
07/03/2022 … Cult stand-up Ted Chippington is to support post-punk rockers The Nightingales on their next tour.
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