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End-of-year special for New World Order
20/11/2018 … Frankie Boyle’s New World Order is to return for an end-of year special.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 November 2018
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Charlotte Ritchie joins Ghosts
The new sitcom from the Horrible Histories team
20/11/2018 … Fresh Meat star Charlotte Ritchie is joining the cast of Ghosts, the new sitcom from the team behind Horrible Histories.
New podcast from James Acaster and Ed Gamble
Duo discuss guests' favourite foods
20/11/2018 … James Acaster and Ed Gamble are to launch a new food-based podcast.
E4 acquires The Good Place
Acclaimed US comedy comes to the UK next month
20/11/2018 … Channel 4 has brought the rights to hit American comedy The Good Place.
Sindhu takes a hike
...for a new BBC One programme
20/11/2018 … Sindhu Vee is to host a BBC One programme about river walks.
No more Nualas
Irish comedy trio call it a day
20/11/2018 … Irish musical comedy trio The Nualas are calling it quits.
BBC radio signs comics Aurie Styla and Judi Love
Shows will highlight culture in the capital
20/11/2018 … Comics Aurie Styla and Judi Love have landed their own shows on BBC Radio London.
London's Banana Cabaret returns
...and other comedy news in brief
20/11/2018 … One of London’s oldest comedy nights, Banana Cabaret, is returning to its home of 35 years, The Bedford pub in Balham, from next month.