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© BBC/Colin Hutton As do Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer
25/01/2018 … Kenneth Branagh, Lily Cole and Young Ones stars Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer are to appear in the next series of Upstart Crow.
25/01/2018 … Radio 1 is to put comedy back on the station after more than a decade – but in a 3am slot.
© BBC Comic lands role in new Sky driving thriller
25/01/2018 … Man Like Mobeen star Guz Khan has landed a role in Sky One’s new Fast-And-The-Furious-style drama.
Young Whitehall promotes Amused Moose competition
25/01/2018 … Here’s a very fresh-faced Jack Whitehall – pictured 11 years ago when he won the Amused Moose comedy award.
...as venue blames comic for inflaming the situation
25/01/2018 … Police have arrested the man they think launched a savage attack on comedian Steve Brown at a US comedy club this weekend.
Super November debuts at Glasgow Film Festival
24/01/2018 … Josie Long’s first feature film, Super November, is to receive its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in March.
Titles from Colin Hoult, Jordan Brookes, Rachel Parris and Lou Sanders
24/01/2018 … Comedy-on-demand service NextUp has signed a DVD deal to release some of its stand-up specials as physical products.
Campaigners demand Tom Segura’s special be censored
24/01/2018 … Netflix are facing demands to censor a new comedy special because it uses the word ‘retarded’.
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