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© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 07/11/2019 … Populist right-wing leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have hijacked the subversive ideals of comedy to prop up the unfair status quo, one academic has…
Bob and Paul will return to the riverbank
07/11/2019 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
07/11/2019 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to launch their second BBC Four series of Big Night Out with a public screening.
Susan Calman to host BBC Scotland's Hogmanay celebrations
07/11/2019 … Susan Calman is to front this year’s BBC Scotland Hogmanay output, the broadcaster has announced.
© Joseph Lynn 07/11/2019 … Noel Fielding is to make a Netflix series about a magic record player.
As comic turns his sights to new sitcom
07/11/2019 … Jim Jefferies’ topical Comedy Central show is to come to an end this month.
Comic filmed Parental Guidance this summer
06/11/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan is piloting a semi-autobiographical sitcom for BBC One, Chortle can reveal.
Comic to compete against Rory Stewart
06/11/2019 … Maisie Adam is to make her debut on Have I Got News For You.
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