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© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien New scheme also features Katherine Parkinson's debut
15/05/2018 … Frank Skinner and IT Crowd star Katherine Parkinson are to unveil their first ever plays at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Australian web comedy comes to iPlayer
15/05/2018 … The BBC has bought Australian comedy web series 600 Bottles Of Wine for iPlayer.
Comic to host travel series Secret Scotland
15/05/2018 … Susan Calman has made a travel series about her native Scotland for Channel 5.
15/05/2018 … The first four finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
Ten-disc set includes rare performance footage
15/05/2018 … A mammoth collection of George Carlin material is to be released next month to mark the tenth anniversary of his death.
Competition for public places now open
15/05/2018 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have opened their annual search for public members of its judging panel.
Marriage over after seven years
14/05/2018 … Johnny Vegas has split from his wife of seven years, Maia Dunphy, the couple have revealed.
Including Alan Carr and Josh Widdecombe
14/05/2018 … Alan Carr, Josh Widdecombe and Murder In Successville’s Tom Davis are to appear in the first European Roadtrip undertaken by comedy sports quiz A League Of…
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