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© Hungry McBear / BBC ...and another series for The Wheel, too
14/04/2022 … Michael McIntyre’s Big Show is to return for a sixth series, following a three-year hiatus because of the Covid pandemic.
From Jordan Brookes, Rosie Jones, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and others
13/04/2022 … Channel 4 is piloting seven new comedy programmes featuring the likes of Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jordan Brookes and Rosie Jones.
To mark 50 years of the Radio 4 stalwart
13/04/2022 … A definitive guide to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been released on audiobook to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel…
© Harry Carr Simon Amstell, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and more
13/04/2022 … Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
‘I was delighted to be able to play a wee part'
13/04/2022 … Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo appearance in Derry Girls last night, delighting fans.
© Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA/CC BY-SA 2.0 'Just indescribably unusually hilarious'
13/04/2022 … Gravel-voiced American comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.
Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Romesh Ranganathan and more
12/04/2022 … Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Jamie Demetriou, Romesh Ranganathan and Stephen Merchant have been confirmed to attend the BBC’s first comedy festival.
© Apple TV+ Comic stars as Dick Turpin in new Apple TV+ adventure
12/04/2022 … Noel Fielding is to star as legendary highwayman Dick Turpin in a new comedy-adventure for Apple TV+.
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