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© BBC With unpublished Douglas Adams material
26/05/2016 … The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is returning to Radio 4 with its first series in more than a decade – and featuring John Lloyd as the Voice of The Book.
Crystal Palace fan called him 'a disgrace'
26/05/2016 … Eddie Izzard says he was subjected to homophobic abuse at the FA Cup final at the weekend.
US comic who fought child porn
26/05/2016 … Barry Crimmins, the American stand-up who has actively helped clear child pornography from the internet, is to perform in the UK for the first time in 30 years.
Social work sitcom with Jo Brand, Alan Davies and Kevin Eldon
25/05/2016 … Jo Brand's social work sitcom, Damned, has been picked up by Channel 4.
Makers of TV show cannot take trademark appeal to Europe
25/05/2016 … The Glee chain of comedy clubs has won another round in their long-running legal battle against the makers of the Glee TV show.
© Gary Knight / Creative Commons 25/05/2016 … JEREMY CORBYN is to be the first guest on the new series of The Last Leg, producers have announced.
25/05/2016 … Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have revealed details of the stories in the third series of Inside No 9.
Including a night at the Edinburgh Fringe
25/05/2016 … Bill Burr is to return to the UK for the first time in three years, Chortle can reveal.
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