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Robin Ince harnesses the 'show must go on' spirit
18/03/2020 … Comedians including Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and the League Of Gentlemen’s Mark Gatiss are to take part in a new festival – to be streamed direct into people’s…
Other gongs for Derry Girls, Fleabag and Sex Education
17/03/2020 … Comedian London Hughes has won the Royal Television Society award for best entertainment performance for her work on the rap panel show Don't Hate The Playaz.
...just two weeks after announcing it
17/03/2020 … Netflix has been forced to pull its mammoth comedy festival just two months after announcing it.
© BBC This Country star posts from his sickbed
17/03/2020 … This Country star Charlie Cooper has revealed how he believes he 'most definitely' has come down with coronavirus.
More accolades revealed tomorrow!
17/03/2020 … The winners of the best comedy clubs and venues in this year’s Chortle Awards can be revealed tonight.
And fans sent home from Celebrity Juice taping
17/03/2020 … Topical radio comedies The Now Show and Newsjack are to be taped without a studio audience this week.
Today's cancellations in brief
17/03/2020 … Nick Helm has postponed his upcoming Phoenix from the Flames tour.
Including Simon Amstell, Jason Manford and Reginald D Hunter
17/03/2020 … It may not be the right time to be thinking of it – but a new tranche of shows have just gone on sale for this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
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