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Gilded Balloon experiment lasts just one year
31/12/2016 … Free shows are to return to Edinburgh Fringe venue The Counting House in 2017.
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Sat 31 December 2016
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New Year honour for Mrs Barbara Nice
...or rather her creator, Janice Connolly
31/12/2016 … The woman behind comedy character Mrs Barbara Nice has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours.
Fri 30 December 2016
Tweets of the year 2016
30/12/2016 … There’s no Weekly Trivia File today… but instead we’ve gone back through the Tweets of The Week to find our favourites from 2016:JanuaryCarving you & your…
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Arise Sir Doddy
30/12/2016 … Ken Dodd has become a knight in the New Year’s Honours List.
Tue 27 December 2016
Garry Shandling died of a blood clot
27/12/2016 … Garry Shandling died from a blood clot, it has been reported.
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Royle Family's Liz Smith dies at 95
27/12/2016 … Tributes have been paid to The Royle Family’s Liz Smith, who has died at the age of 95.
Sat 24 December 2016
Krampus, Cunk and Cox
24/12/2016 … The comedy week ahead…Saturday December 24TV: In the 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas special, Sean Lock and Kathy Burke take on Jon Richardson and Russell…