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Beaten only by the Queen on Christmas Day
26/12/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the most-watched show of Christmas Day after the Queen’s Speech.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 26 December 2017
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Comics act out their film star fantasies
Big charity gig based on movie hits
24/12/2017 … Comedians are to pay homage to the top 50 films in a mammoth charity gig next year.
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys: D'Musical
Brendan O'Carroll plans to take singing spectacular on the road
24/12/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys is set to become a stage musical.
© BBC/Baby Cow A Partridge for Christmas
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
24/12/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio… Sunday December 24 RATBURGER: David Walliams stars as the owner of a fast-food van with a gruesome…
Enjoy a Bailey's at Christmas
The best live comedy of the next fortnight
24/12/2017 … The best of the forthcoming live comedy gigs, over this quiet period, interrupted only by the madness of New Year's Eve.
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Happy New Year! Netflix to release TWO Dave Chappelle specials on Dec 31
Equanimity and The Bird Revelation
22/12/2017 … Netflix has announced that two new Dave Chappelle stand-up specials will be landing on New Year’s Eve.
Morecambe and Wise are still the best-remembered Christmas shows
22/12/2017 … The Morecambe & Wise Show remans the most memorable Christmas TV programme on British TV.