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...As Pleasance loses 93.5 per cent of its revenue
31/08/2021 … Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have declined to reveal how big this year’s festival was – saying it’s time to ‘stop defining success…
© UKTV The week's best comedy on TV and radio
29/08/2021 … Here’s our pick of the week’s best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand: Sunday August 29 MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING:Bob…
29/08/2021 … The best of the week's live comedy.
© BBC But why has BBC added a laugh track to Sean Lock's cult sitcom?
27/08/2021 … Sean Lock’s cult sitcom 15 Storeys High was finally be released on iPlayer last night.
© Edinburgh International TV Festival London Hughes speaks out about racism in British TV
27/08/2021 … The British TV industry thinks anyone black is a ‘risk’, comedian London Hughes has claimed.
Comedy rift revealed in newly discovered footage
27/08/2021 … Morecambe and Wise branded Monty Python ‘boring’ and ‘unprofessional’ in in a newly discovered interview.
© Steve Ullathorne UK's longest-running new comedy contest
26/08/2021 … Omar Badawy has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Amazon Prime Video Amazon stand-up series to air next year
26/08/2021 … Amazon has revealed the comics taking part in its new stand-up series Backstage with Katherine Ryan.
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