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© BFI Frankie Howerd reprised his role
17/07/2023 … The US remake of Frankie Howerd’s Up Pompeii! is to be screened publicly for the first time, more than 50 years after it was made.
Tie-in between London's Tara Theatre and Brown Sauce comedy clyb
17/07/2023 … Aspiring South Asian comedians are being offered a free one-day workshop to help hone their stand-up skills.
© C4 Nominations for the inaugural accolade announced
17/07/2023 … Channel 4 has launched a new comedy award in memory of Sean Lock.
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
16/07/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Monday July 17 SCHITT'S CREEK: The much-loved, Emmy-winning comedy created by Eugene and Dan…
16/07/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC He also appeared in The New Statesman
15/07/2023 … John Nettleton – who played manipulative civil servant Sir Arnold Robinson on Yes, Minister has died at the age of 94.
First adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's work
15/07/2023 … Armando Iannucci is writing a stage version of the classic 1964 film satire Dr Strangelove.
But Adam Hills & Co take it in good spirits
14/07/2023 … Just Stop Oil protesters stormed The Last Leg tonight – and Adam Hills seemed delighted by the interruption.
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