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Line-up includes Jimmy Carr, Katherine Ryan, Brett Goldstein, Fern Brady and Mo Gilligan
13/12/2023 … Jimmy Carr, Katherine Ryan, Brett Goldstein, Fern Brady (pictured) and Mo Gilligan are to appear at the third Netflix Is A Joke Fest in Los Angeles next year.
Tributes paid to Captain Raymond Holt actor
13/12/2023 … Andre Braugher, who starred as Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine has died at the age of 61.
© BBC/Lingo Comedy reportedly dropped after just one series
13/12/2023 … The BBC has reportedly axed Catherine Tate sitcom The Queen Of Oz.
Six 'April Fools' gigs announced for 2024
13/12/2023 … Sitcom stars Will Mellor and Ralf Little have announced a run of live dates next year.
Revisiting a solo show from 20 years ago with the benefit of hindsight...
13/12/2023 … Daliso Chaponda has announced a UK tour for 2024 entitled Feed This Black Man Again.
About how she sought happiness... and ended up in a mental health clinic
13/12/2023 … Ruby Wax has announced another 32 dates for her tour, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, based on her memoir of the same name.
© Dean Chapple / Shutterstock Mo Gilligan's Channel 4 show to end after 4 series
13/12/2023 … The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan is to end after four seasons, the comedian has revealed.
© C4/Avalon If 100,000 fans show their interest...
13/12/2023 … Plans are under way for a new Taskmaster live experience.
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