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© BBC ...in an adaptation of Sue Townsend’s The Queen And I
24/09/2018 … Samantha Bond is to play the Queen and David Walliams the Prime Minister in a new Sky One comedy described as an 'interesting alternative' to Netflix blockbuster…
Full plot and cast details of the new run
24/09/2018 … Chortle can today reveal the full details of the next batch of Sky’s comedy shorts.
© Ewen Roberts/Creative Commons For a Radio 3 tribute also featuring a play from comic Toby Hadoke
23/09/2018 … W1A and Spaced star Jessica Hynes has written a short drama for Radio 3 about a writer on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
The best of the week's live comedy
23/09/2018 … The week's best live comedy.
Watch a preview in our round-up of the week's comedy on TV and radio
23/09/2018 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio… Monday September 24TRAVEL MAN: 48 HOURS IN SLOVENIA Richard Ayoade is joined by Eddie Izzard to visit the Slovenian…
How Richard Briers hated his most famous character
23/09/2018 … It is the role he is most fondly remembered for – but Richard Briers hated his character in The Good Life, according to a new biography.
....and even the Southerners agree
22/09/2018 … Northerners are funnier than Southerners - even according to Southerners, a study has found.
22/09/2018 … Seann Walsh and Katya Jones failed to wow Strictly judges with their tango to Justin Timberlake’s 2006 hit Sexyback tonight.
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