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© UKTV The return of outsiders and the rest of the week's best comedy on TV and radio
13/11/2022 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday November 13 DAD’S ARMY: A screening of the 2016 movie based on the classic…
13/11/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 3,918 events Chortle currently has listed.
© NBC Dave Chappelle complains his job is becoming 'incredible difficult'
13/11/2022 … Dave Chappelle complained that his job has become ‘incredibly difficult’ because of the backlash he gets for raising controversial opinions on stage.
© BBC Ellie Taylor has her sights on Strictly's Blackpool show after wowing judges
13/11/2022 … Ellie Taylor has ended up in sixth place on the leaderboard in week eight of Strictly Come Dancing.
As virtual queues for tickets top 400,000
12/11/2022 … More dates have been added to Peter Kay’s tour, extending it to April 2025.
Six-part series Changing Ends to air next year
12/11/2022 … ITV has picked up Alan Carr’s autobiographical sitcom for a six-part series.
Watermelon smasher turned 'paranoid right-wing maniac'
11/11/2022 … American comedian Gallagher, best known for his smashing watermelons on stage with a slegehammer he dubbed the Sledge-O-Matic, has died at the age of 76.
© Netflix Comic will make history on the streaming channel
11/11/2022 … Chris Rock is to become the first person to perform live on Netflix.
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