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© Channel 4 The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
19/01/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming in what's a quiet week for new laughs…: Monday January 20 JUST A MINUTE: Sue Perkins challenges…
Who won at the first Splats! cartoon awards
18/01/2025 … What do you call a phalanx of cartoonists? A scribble? A squiggle? A rejection? Whatever the term, a group of the UK’s finest visual jokesmiths got…
© Paramount+ Paramount+ pulls the plug on rebooted comedy
18/01/2025 … The Frasier reboot has been cancelled after two series.
Now Harry Deansway 'faces financial ruin' as he loses plagiarism case
17/01/2025 … Harry Deansway has said he was ‘brave’ to sue the makers of Live At The Moth Club for plagiarism, and suggested he only lost as the programme-makers…
© UKTV Comedian Harry Deansway loses his copyright case
17/01/2025 … Comedian Harry Deansway has lost his court case alleging that the Dave series Live At The Moth Club ripped off his ideas.
17/01/2025 … Tributes have been paid to comedy promoter Alistair Greaves following his unexpected death last week.
© Hugo Glendinning Extra three-month run for John Cleese's play
17/01/2025 … John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers play is to return to the the West End this summer.
'He's consistently pushing the envelope in search of new comedic heights'
16/01/2025 … Conan O’Brien is to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, it has been announced.
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