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Crooked accountant found guilty of £10m fraud on retrial
11/12/2023 … Former Jongleurs boss Marios Lourides has been jailed for ten years, after a retrial found him guilty of multi-million pound fraud.
© Rory Lindsay Peter Serafinowicz's character returns to the stage
11/12/2023 … Peter Serafinowicz has announced more tour dates in the guise of hapless businessman Brian Butterfield.
© Matt Holyoak / Simon Anand Written by Danielle Ward for BBC Three
11/12/2023 … Filming has begun on Daddy Issues, a new six-part BBC Three comedy starring Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey.
Raising £80,000 for Bolton theatre
11/12/2023 … Peter Kay played three secret intimate gigs in his Bolton hometown yesterday to raise funds for the Octagon theatre.
New podcast to offer episode-by-episode breakdown
11/12/2023 … Comedians are to offer an episode-by-episode breakdown of classic sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf in a new podcast.
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
10/12/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 10 SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW: Josh Jones, Fatiha El Ghorri, Slim and Axel…
10/12/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,195 events Chortle currently has listed.
Festival also announces Duran Duran, Kasabian, Keane and London Grammar
10/12/2023 … Sara Pascoe has been announced as the first comedy headliner at next year’s Latitude festival.
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