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© BBC Writer Lise Mayer wanted to make The Middle-Aged Ones
09/12/2021 … Groundbreaking 1980s sitcom The Young Ones could have had a follow-up entitled The Middle-Aged Ones, co-creator Lise Mayer has revealed.
Instagram comedian's frank guide to pregnancy, birth and parenthood
09/12/2021 … Instagram comedian Victoria Emes has written a humorous guide to pregnancy and motherhood.
American comedian returns to the UK next year
09/12/2021 … Mike Birbiglia has added an extra date at London's Leicester Square Theatre.
Friend of Peter Cook and committed political eccentric
09/12/2021 … Rainbow George Weiss, the friend of Peter Cook and serial fringe candidate in UK elections, has died at the age of 81.
© BBC With Lily James and a host of comedy names
09/12/2021 … The cast of this year's BBC Comic Relief pantomime have been revealed with Lily James, pictured, as Beauty with Motherland’s Oliver Chris as The Beast.
Deborah Frances-White and guests on the road
08/12/2021 … Deborah Frances-White is taking The Guilty Feminist on tour again.
New series for America's Fox network
08/12/2021 … Stand-up Vir Das is writing and starring in a new comedy series about an Indian man who travels to America to make it as a country music singer, despite being awful…
Taking lead role in The Big Door Prize
08/12/2021 … Chris O’Dowd is to star in The Big Door Prize, a new Apple comedy about a machine that can reveal your true life potential.
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