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© BBC/Des Willie 08/11/2015 … The comedy week ahead…Sunday November 8LIVE IN LONDON: It's the second day of the Chortle Comedy Book Festival at the magnificent art deco Hornsey Town Hall Arts…
Sounds a bit like an animal Quantum Leap...
08/11/2015 … David Baddiel is to write a third children's novel – about a boy who reincarnates as different animals.
08/11/2015 … Roy Chubby Brown is to cease releasing DVDs admitting: 'My day has passed'.
Funding bid for YouTube videos
06/11/2015 … James Acaster is turning to crowdfunding to pay for his YouTube videos.
06/11/2015 … A special Peep Show-dominated Weekly Trivia File this week, as the team return for their final series next Wednesday.
© Elizabeth Zeschin Debut from Minor Delays' Harry Michell
06/11/2015 … A host of comedy talent is shooting a film directed by Minor Delays sketch performer Harry Michell.
06/11/2015 … KEN DODD is to be honoured at Bristol's Slapstick festival for vintage comedy next year.
...as BBC launches its online store
05/11/2015 … Classic comedies will be available to buy digitally for the first time as the BBC opens its first online store today.
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