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© Nit Television Including Ellie and Natasia, Helen Bauer and Kiell Smith-Bynoe
22/05/2023 … The nominees have been unveiled for this year's Broadcast Digital Awards, handed out by the TV industry website Broadcast.
Tributes to a 'sharp, outrageous and wickedly witty trailblazer'
22/05/2023 … George Logan, who played Dr Evadne Hinge in enduring musical duo Hinge and Bracket has died at the aged 78.
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
21/05/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Monday May 22 THE CONNERS: The fifth season of the Roseanne spin-off comes to the UK, with all…
The best of the week's live comedy
21/05/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Comedian to host an Irish TV institution
20/05/2023 … Patrick Kielty is to take over as host of long-running Irish talk show The Late Late Show from September.
Annual contest for more seasoned circuit acts
20/05/2023 … Pete Teckman has won this year’s Not So New Comedian Of The Year competition.
New episodes were previously only available to BritBox subscribers
19/05/2023 … The third series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s hit show Staged is to air on BBC One.
© Matt Crockett Mortification is 'a professional confessional for comedy'
19/05/2023 … Mark Watson is to publish his first memoirs, following their previous release as an audiobook.
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