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© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Working-class comedy in the pipeline
21/08/2018 … Sky is to make a new working-class comedy starring This Is England’s Joe Gilgun, Ripper Street’s Damien Molony and Our Girl’s Michelle Keegan.
20/08/2018 … Paul Chowdhry has landed a leading role in a new international TV series for Sky.
Accolade for Edinburgh Fringe show
20/08/2018 … Tania Edwards has been named winner of this year’s Amused Moose Comedy Award.
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20/08/2018 … Adam Rowe has scooped this year's Dave Joke Of The Fringe award.
The best of the week's live comedy
19/08/2018 … The week's best live comedy.
© BBC The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
19/08/2018 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
© C4/Guilty Party Pictures With W1A's Monica Dolan and Horrible Histories's Jim Howick
19/08/2018 … Kieran Hodgson has made a Channel 4 pilot, Chortle can reveal.
19/08/2018 … Australian comedy Kath & Kim could be making a comeback, co-creator and co-star Jane Turner has suggested.
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