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© BBC Watch their swear-free remake here
26/06/2024 … Armando Iannucci has spoken of how the Americas ruined The Thick Of It - exorcising all the swearing and making a ‘really boring’ version of his political…
London musical comedy bids farewell to the PM
26/06/2024 … Rishi Sunak is getting a satirical stage send-off – with a new stage musical dedicated to the soon-to-be-ex-Prime Minister.
© Channel 4 Including Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert
26/06/2024 … Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert are among the comedians nominated in this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival awards.
Alongside Ladhood's Samuel Bottomley and comics Leo Reich and Jamali Maddix
25/06/2024 … Comedian Lara Ricote is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy pilot about romance in the cost-of-living crisis.
© Channel 4 Filming starts soon on series 2 of Bridget Christie's comedy
25/06/2024 … Mackenzie Crook is to direct series 2 of Bridget Christie’s Channel 4 comedy The Change.
© BBC Studios Star Doon Mackichan says plans are afoot
25/06/2024 … A stage version of Two Doors Down is in the pipeline, star Doon Mackichan has revealed.
Former adman Jeffrey Stark took to stand-up to liven up retirement
25/06/2024 … Comedian Jeffrey Stark is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut – at the age of 81.
15 simultaneous 'big name' shows planned to revive the franchise
23/06/2024 … The Carry On franchise will be rebooted with a series of 15 pantomimes across the UK, says the company that owns the rights to the name.
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