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09/08/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio Sunday August 9 MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer’s life-affirming…
River gig with the punters on... well, punts
09/08/2020 … We’ve become used to live-streamed comedy during lockdown… but how about live comedy on a stream? Oxford-based Jericho Comedy is staging a stand-up…
© UKTV/Adam Lawrence 08/08/2020 … The Gold TV channel has set an air date for its Fast Show reunion.
08/08/2020 … Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy to watch at home during lockdown.
£9,000 raised after circuit veteran suffered a stroke
07/08/2020 … Comedians are rallying around fellow stand-up Simon Clayton after he suffered a stroke.
Big top swapped for open-air shows
07/08/2020 … This year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival will go ahead, organisers have announced, swapping the usual big top for a more Covid-safe open air spectacle.
Lottery to see every show at the venue in 2021
07/08/2020 … The Pleasance has launched a prize draw to win a pair of free tickets to every show it hosts at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
New radio series to tell the story of sitcom phenomenon
07/08/2020 … The BBC is dramatising the story of how pioneering 1950s comedy series I Love Lucy came to conquer the American airwaves.
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