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© BBC Zoe Lyons, Ria Lina and Tom Ward
24/11/2021 … Zoe Lyons introduces Ria Lina and Tom Ward to the famous West London stage in the third episode of season 16 of Live At The Apollo tonight.
£10,001 victory in British Comedian of the Year
24/11/2021 … Jeff Innocent has won the biggest prize in UK comedy.
© Avalon/ITV ...with Phoebe Waller-Bridge punching up the Queen's traditional message
24/11/2021 … A special episode of Spitting Image is to air on ITV this Christmas.
24/11/2021 … Maria Bamford has announced her first UK tour - but playing just four cities.
All about unanswerable questions
24/11/2021 … Jon Richardson is working on a new panel show in which celebrities try to answer seemingly impossible questions.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay 23/11/2021 … The finalists have been announced in the new act competition run by London venue 2Northdown.
But Bo Burnham was blocked from the comedy category
23/11/2021 … Louis CK has been nominated for a Grammy award, four years after sexual misconduct allegations were thought to have torpedoed his career.
Comic named for Christmas special
23/11/2021 … Mel Giedroyc is to take part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, it has been announced.
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