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27/05/2022 … If Ricky Gervais loves animals so much you'd think he'd stop flogging that dead horse.
2022 Archives
Fri 27 May 2022
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Comedy industry 'optimistic' about the future
...according to a new snap survey
27/05/2022 … Two-thirds of those who work in the UK live comedy sector are optimistic about the future, a survey has found.
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Review of Steven Moffat's new comedy play with Reece Shearsmith, Amanda Abbington and Frances Barber
27/05/2022 … Steven Moffat is best known as the showrunner on Doctor Who, Sherlock and Dracula – but those with longer memories will remember the ensemble twentysomething…
Chortle's Fast Fringe returns!
First names announced for London showcase
27/05/2022 … Chortle’s Fast Fringe is returning to London this summer – and it will also be live-streamed to those who can’t make it in person.
Ed Gamble to co-host Pointless
Comic named as one of Richard Osman's replacements
27/05/2022 … Ed Gamble is to replace Richard Osman as Alexander Armstrong’s sidekick on Pointless.
Phil Butler died of a blocked artery
Inquest concludes comedian passed from natural causes at 51
27/05/2022 … Comedian Phil Butler died as a result of a blocked artery, an inquest has heard.
Thu 26 May 2022
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Review of Jack Rooke's Channel 4 comedy
26/05/2022 … In keeping with TV comedy trends, Big Boys is a thoroughly authentic story drawn from the real life of its creator – in this case comedian Jack Rooke’s…
© Steve Best Want an NFT of your favourite comedian?
Photographer Steve Best puts his portraits on the market
26/05/2022 … Stand-up and photographer Steve Best is getting into the NFT craze – selling certificates linked to his digital portraits of fellow comedians The…