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© Stuart Hogben But Joe Lycett's ancestor was a child chimney-sweep
13/09/2021 … Joe Lycett and Josh Widdicombe are to delve into their family backgrounds in the next series of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? The comedians are…
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
12/09/2021 … Here’s our pick of the week’s best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand: Monday September 13 ALMA’S NOT NORMAL: The full series of…
The best of the week's live comedy
12/09/2021 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Satirical epic poem to be released for charity
12/09/2021 … Armando Iannucci has written an epic poem mocking Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid crisis.
Archaeological digs now a YouTube channel
11/09/2021 … Former stand-up Natalie Haynes is taking over from Tony Robinson on a revived Time Team.
Fallout from offensive old tweets continues
10/09/2021 … Janey Godley will not now be performing in panto this Christmas as the fallout from her offensive old tweets continues.
...in a new musical comedy that's not for children
10/09/2021 … Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe is to star in a new musical comedy about two rival children’s entertainers.
© Netflix ...and Celtic Media Festival names comedy winners, too
10/09/2021 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life was named most popular comedy at the National TV Awards last night Accepting the award – the only major accolade to…
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