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© Richard Goldschmidt/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedians eligible for £1,000 emergency grants
06/07/2020 … Netflix has donated £500,000 to give emergency help to comedians, actors and offstage workers left without an income during lockdown.
© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 Tony Hadley distances himself from the Kemps' Spandau Ballet mockumentary
06/07/2020 … Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has distanced himself from the BBC mockumentary about his former bandmates.
06/07/2020 … Jack Dee is writing a new book in which he ‘solves’ his fans’ problems.
...but questions remain over who will benefit
06/07/2020 … The government has announced a £1.
Sketch duo's Audible series packed with guest stars
05/07/2020 … Comedy duo The Pin are making a mockumentary series for Audible.
This week's comedy on TV and radio
05/07/2020 … Pick of the week's comedy on TV and radio Sunday July 5 THE KEMPS: ALL TRUE: Brian Pern co-creator Rhys Thomas interviews Gary and Martin Kemp about…
04/07/2020 … Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy to watch at home during lockdown.
Stevie Martin reveals more misogyny on the comedy circuit
04/07/2020 … A comedy promoter ‘paid’ men who played his gig with the phone numbers of female stand-ups, rather than money.
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