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© BBC / BocPIX 'You can't say it lacks skill,' says Blackadder writer
21/12/2024 … He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy of our age: Mrs Brown’s…
'I'm different. I just say what I think'
20/12/2024 … Mark Dolan has broken his silence about getting sacked from GB News.
20/12/2024 … Hal Cruttenden has announced a 33-date tour for 2025, kicking off in Lancaster on September 5.
Helping working-class comics play the Edinburgh Fringe
20/12/2024 … Applications have opened for next year’s Best in Class scheme to help working-class comics play the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC/So Television/PA Media Promising 'fresh insight' into how it came to be
20/12/2024 … James Corden and Ruth Jones are writing the story of Gavin and Stacey, for publication next year.
James Corden and Ruth Jones speak at preview screening
19/12/2024 … James Corden says the success of Gavin & Stacey has been ‘a lesson in patience’ in a media landscape obsessed with speed and the next big thing.
Andrew Hunter Murray's satirical show to return
19/12/2024 … Radio 4’s new Friday Night comedy The Naked Week has been commissioned for a second series.
© C4/Avalon US audience will see the show first, with line-up set to include a big-name American
19/12/2024 … The 19th season of Taskmaster will be launched in the US before it is seen in Britain.
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