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© Channel 4 Tim Key on his role in E4's forthcoming Gap Year
13/02/2017 … In the new E4 comedy-drama Gap Year, Tim Key plays the relentlessly upbeat Greg, touring the Far East with four much younger travellers, trying to relive his glory…
© Channel 4 Jon Richardson on his many fears
09/02/2017 … Jon Richardson is to present a new Channel 4 show entitled How to Survive the End of the World along with his wife, Lucy Beaumont.
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney on the return of Catastrophe
08/02/2017 … It’s perhaps with some hyperbole that Channel 4’s comedy chief Phil Clarke speaks of Catastrophe being an epoch-defining sitcom.
Tom Basden on writing Gap Year
06/02/2017 … Can you tell us a bit about the show? The show is about travel in essence, it’s about people escaping from something at home or people going out and hoping that…
© C4/Steve Brown Mark Dolan on tackling The Jump
31/01/2017 … Why did you sign up to The Jump? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The best of Desert Island Discs
29/01/2017 … As Desert Island Discs celebrates its 75th birthday on Radio 4 today, here are 20 comedy figures who have appeared on the show, including the luxury item and book…
Suzi Ruffell's Unforgettable Five gigs
27/01/2017 … First gigMy first gig was in a room above a pub, there were about eight people there, if you count the dog and the bored-looking girl behind the bar.
© BBC As revealed at the Slapstick festival
23/01/2017 … Young Ones stars Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer and co-writer Lise Mayer appeared at the Slapstick festival of vintage comedy in Bristol yesterday, where they were honoured…
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