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Gold launches its annual Christmas cracker competition
08/10/2020 … ■ ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE TV comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition The broadcaster is again seeking…
New producers at programme-making arm
08/10/2020 … The comedy department at BBC Studios has appointed four new producers.
© C4 Channel 4 announces show's return with a Stand Up To Cancer special
07/10/2020 … Channel 4 has confirmed that The Last Leg will return on October 23.
© Mark Harriosn/Avalon/Britbox ...after first episode boosts Britbox numbers
07/10/2020 … The second series of the revived Spitting Image will air next autumn, Britbox has today confirmed.
To mark mental health awareness day
07/10/2020 … Comedians are to talk about their mental health in a new series of the Conversations Against Living Miserably podcast.
© Avalon/Mark Harrison Deal falls through at the last minute
07/10/2020 … American broadcasters have backed away from making their own version of Spitting Image for fear of causing offence, its producers have claimed.
Robin Ince's annual celebration gets supersized
07/10/2020 … Robin Ince is to stage a virtual version of his annual celebration of science and entertainment – lasting for a full 24 hours.
Covid delivers a knockout blow
06/10/2020 … Netflix has cancelled the next series of Glow because of Covid-19.
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