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Research: Watching TV comedies burns calories
20/01/2016 … Watching sitcoms and laughing out loud can help people to lose weight, according to research.
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Wed 20 January 2016
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To Russia with jokes
The first British comic to perform in Moscow, in Russian
20/01/2016 … Stand-up Abi Roberts is claiming an international first in becoming the first British comedian to perform in Russia - in Russian.
Tue 19 January 2016
© BBC/Tiger Aspect/Matt Squire Official: Boy Meets Girl to return
19/01/2016 … BBC Two has officially confirmed that Boy Meets Girls will be returning for a second series later this year.
Peter Kay's back catalogue raided again
Backwards-looking BBC plans MORE tributes
19/01/2016 … The BBC is to air ANOTHER tribute to Peter Kay’s comedy career - this one spanning six half-hour episodes.
Jimmy Carr's Netflix special gets a release date
Plus live shows from Patton Oswalt and Hannibal Buress
19/01/2016 … Jimmy Carr’s Netflix special is to be released on March 18, the streaming giant has announced.
© BBC BBC orders a fifth series of Citizen Khan
19/01/2016 … BBC One has commissioned a fifth series of Citizen Khan.
Mon 18 January 2016
Steve Coogan to play Stan Laurel
With John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy
18/01/2016 … Steve Coogan is to play Stan Laurel in a new biopic of Laurel and Hardy.
Stars revealed for the first Netflix Black Mirror
18/01/2016 … The first stars have been named for the new episodes of Black Mirror to be made for Netflix.