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© BBC/Keiron McCarron 08/08/2016 … Here's the first picture of the new cast of Are You Being Served? The sitcom is being brought back for a one-off special next month as part of the BBC's Landmark…
08/08/2016 … Stewart Lee’s 2002 show Pea Green Boat has been re-released – on a 10-inch pea-green vinyl.
Comic up for a major award in her homeland
08/08/2016 … Sofie Hagen has been nominated for Comedian of the Year in her native Denmark, for her debut stand-up show Bubblewrap.
Comedy awards boss calls for more Fringe coverage
07/08/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns has called on newspaper editors to support the arts, as in-depth coverage of the Fringe shrinks.
Opposite Judi Dench as Victoria
05/08/2016 … Eddie Izzard is to play a young Edward VII in a film starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria.
Comedian to write his history of heavy metal
05/08/2016 … Andrew O’Neill has signed a book deal to write about his passion for heavy metal music.
05/08/2016 … Vic Reeves, Tim Vine, Johnny Vegas and Katherine Ryan are among the comedians taking part in a new series of Celebrity Storage Hunters.
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