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Jargon-filled press release confirms the news
25/01/2017 … Filming is to start on the third series of W1A next month, the BBC has confirmed.
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© Tim Downie/Twitter Noel Fielding films Upstart Crow role
25/01/2017 … NOEL FIELDING is to appear in the next series of Ben Elton’s Shakespearean sitcom Upstart Crow.
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BBC Three rural mockumentary from Daisy May and Charlie Cooper
25/01/2017 … Character comic siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have landed their own BBC Three sitcom.
Geoff Norcott to appear on Question Time
25/01/2017 … Tory comedian Geoff Norcott is to appear on Question Time tomorrow.
Unearthed: The stand-up comedy of Trump apologist Kellyanne Conway
25/01/2017 … Excruciating footage has emerged of Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway as stand-up comedian.
He died saving others from Arctic storm
Posthumous gallantry honour for comedy promoter
25/01/2017 … The comedy promoter who died on an Arctic expedition has been honoured for sacrificing his life to protect the other members of his group.
Al Porter signs big radio deal
Daily show on Ireland's Today FM
25/01/2017 … Al Porter is to present his own radio show in Ireland.
RIP, America's sitcom queen
25/01/2017 … Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.