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© BBC/Big Talk Productions Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe to return in legal comedy
23/10/2019 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of its legal comedy Defending The Guilty, starring Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe.
Sea Shambles for iconic London venue
22/10/2019 … Robin Ince is to stage another of his mammoth Shambles shows at the Royal Albert Hall - this time transforming the historic London venue into a ‘virtual…
Venue says: it wasn't our fault
22/10/2019 … Jim Davidson fans have been left fuming after a gig was pulled with less than an hour to go.
22/10/2019 … Tom Neenan is launching a new podcast on BBC Sounds.
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in celebrity special
22/10/2019 … Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are to appear on Channel 4’s Gogglebox.
...in a new ad campaign for BBC iPlayer
21/10/2019 … Guz Khan, Natasia Demetriou and Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe are starring in a new series of adverts for the BBC.
...but it's not a movie, just sitcom episodes
21/10/2019 … Friends is coming to the big screen to mark its 25th anniversary.
© Amy Schumer/Instagram For HBO's new streaming service
21/10/2019 … Amy Schumer is making an ‘unfiltered’ documentary about her rough pregnancy.
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