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© Avalon/BritBox Spitting Image's Roger Law on the show's return
29/09/2020 … Spitting Image creator Roger Law has defended the returning show against charges of racism – but admitted the show did go too far in the 1980s.
New research based on web searches
29/09/2020 … Ricky Gervais’s Humanity has been named Britain’s favourite Netflix stand-up special.
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell Dimension Jump postponed to September 2021
29/09/2020 … The annual Red Dwarf fan convention has been postponed for a second time.
© Owl Power BBC Two orders six more episodes
29/09/2020 … Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is to return for a fourth series Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are to head back to the British…
28/09/2020 … The Dave channel has returned to its Richard Ayoade game show pilot after the original recording was hit by the coronavirus lockdown.
Pop-up performances to be staged across Birmingham
28/09/2020 … Frank Skinner and Janice Connolly – the comic behind stage creation Barbara Nice, pictured - are to write short plays to be performed around Birmingham.
28/09/2020 … Digital radio station Union Jack is to air stand-up clips thanks to a new tie-up with streaming service NextUp Comedy.
Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾ out next year
28/09/2020 … Tez Ilyas is writing his first book, entitled The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾.
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