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Dave Longley and Gavin Webster trade 'banter'
25/06/2018 … Two male comedians have come under fire for joking about their colleagues getting raped after gigs – and blaming victims for not looking after their own…
25/06/2018 … Comedy promoter Tim Rendle, who ran the Lions Den Comedy Club in London, has died of cancer at the age of 45.
25/06/2018 … Filming has just begun on the fifth series of Scot Squad.
Almost 50 years to the day since comic took his own life
25/06/2018 … A prolific comedy writer who was working with Tony Hancock when he took his own life 50 years ago today has himself died.
Comedian to challenge the internet in new Dave series
25/06/2018 … John Robins is to host a new game show for Dave.
25/06/2018 … Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Robert White has announced his first UK tour.
© BBC Memorial service set for next month
24/06/2018 … Friends and family of comedy actor Alex Beckett are to pay tribute at a memorial service next month.
The best of the week's live comedy
24/06/2018 … The best of the week's live comedy Monday June 25LONDON: It's been almost a decade since cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon was on the UK circuit.
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