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...and look at the size of those writing teams!
06/12/2016 … The writing teams behind shows such as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Veep and Inside Amy Schumer – and even Ricky Gervais’s insult-laden Golden Globes…
06/12/2016 … Dramatic footage has been posted of a comedian ducking gunfire during her stand-up set.
Writers' Guild nominations out
06/12/2016 … Plebs, People Just Do Nothing and Fleabag have been named as the best-written TV sitcoms of the year.
Were spoofs 'hateful' – or critics too keen for a ban?
06/12/2016 … They are the biggest phenomenon in publishing at the moment.
Part of £39m deal with owners of Yates
06/12/2016 … The Comedy Loft chain of venues is to change hands again.
© BBC Peter Vaughan was in Citizen Smith and Game Of Thrones
06/12/2016 … Peter Vaughan, who played Grouty in Porridge, has died at the age of 93.
As ITV pays tribute this Christmas
05/12/2016 … ITV is to pay tribute to Les Dawson in two hour-long shows this Christmas.
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