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© UKTV The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
23/10/2022 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Monday October 24 MURDER THEY HOPE: Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson return as inept private…
23/10/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 4,187 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Paul Rider Comic actor had been unwell for some time
23/10/2022 … Robbie Coltrane’s cause of death last weekend has been revealed.
Viewers say it was 'weirdly addictive'
23/10/2022 … Viewers were left baffled last night when Channel 4 played out The Inbetweeners movie – in full – without any of the dialogue.
© BBC Dancing the Charleston to The Ballad of Barry and Freda
22/10/2022 … Jayde Adams paied tribute to Victoria Wood on Strictly Come Dancing tonight, dancing the Charleston to the late comic’s Ballad of Barry and Freda.
© Hansons Auctioneers Steptoe writer Ray Galton's memorabilia - including his typewriter - sold off
22/10/2022 … A typewriter Ray Galton used to write scripts for Steptoe and Son is set to fetch hundreds of pounds at auction.
Comic's 'in conversation' ends Newcastle's reign...
21/10/2022 … Newcastle’s year as the BBC’s City of Comedy is to close with an ‘in conversation with…’ discussion with Mawaan Rizwan.
© BBC Filming under way on seasons 10 and 11
21/10/2022 … Two new series of Horrible Histories are being recorded.
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