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29/02/2020 … The week's comedy on demand.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 29 February 2020
Fri 28 February 2020
Leicester Comedy Fest unveils its award nominees
Comedians and businesses up for accolades
28/02/2020 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
Book tour for Ruth Jones
28/02/2020 … Ruth Jones is to embark on a UK tour to tie in with the publication of her new novel Us Three.
Gone in 60 minutes! Ramseys sell out podcast tour
Duo now on course for the record books
28/02/2020 … Chris and Rosie Ramsey are to break the record for the world’s biggest live podcast audience after selling out their gig Newcastle’s Utilita…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is 42!
And Radio 4 Extra is celebrating
28/02/2020 … Radio 4 Extra is to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the first episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy next week.
Bec Hill quarantined in coronavirus scare
Comic isolated after Hong Kong visit
28/02/2020 … Comedian Bec Hill has had to cancel a week’s worth of gigs after being quarantined for suspected coronavirus.
Big book deal for comedian Caimh McDonnell
Comic supernatural thriller out next year
28/02/2020 … Former comedian Caimh McDonnell has sold the book and screen rights to his latest novel – a comic supernatural thriller about a newspaper that reports…
Andree Melly dies at 87
Star of Just A Minute and Hancock's Half Hour
28/02/2020 … Andree Melly, the last surviving cast member of the Hancock’s Half Hour radio cast and a one-time regular on Just A Minute, has died at the age of 87.