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Taskmaster's Alex Horne heads masterclass
19/10/2017 … Alex Horne and the other creators of Taskmaster are hosting a masterclass in how to get ideas onto TV.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 October 2017
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BBC stays Mum
Comedy gets a third series before second has even aired
19/10/2017 … BBC Two has ordered a third series of its sitcom Mum, before the second has even aired.
And another children's book from David Walliams
19/10/2017 … David Walliams has announced his fifth picture book with illustrator Tony Ross.
© BBC / Alan Peebles Two Doors Down gets a Christmas special
...as Kieran Hodgson joins the cast
19/10/2017 … BBC Two has ordered a Christmas special for Two Doors Down.
Wed 18 October 2017
They must have made a good impression
ITV orders impersonation panel show after succesful pilot
18/10/2017 … ITV has commissioned a new comedy panel show based on impressions Rory Bremner and Debra Stephenson are the team captains on The Imitation Game – which…
Ricky Gervais becomes highest paid British radio presenter
New deal with SiriusXM in the US
18/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais has signed a new deal which makes him the highest paid UK presenter on radio anywhere in the world.
David Cross: I'm no racist
Comedian responds to Charlyne Yi's accusations
18/10/2017 … Arrested Development star David Cross has denied charges of racism, after actress Charlyne Yi accused him of mocking her ethnicity.
‘I thought I was a goner’
Heart attack scare for Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll
18/10/2017 … Brendan O’Carroll has told of how he was rushed to hospital after a day filming Mrs Brown's Boys, thinking he was having a heart attack.