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Lolly Adefope could play Diane Abbott
21/01/2016 … A comedy musical about Jeremy Corbyn is to hit London later this year.
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© Richard Davenport Book deal for Fake It Til You Make It duo
Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn return to male depression
21/01/2016 … Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn – whose comic-theatre show about depression Fake It 'Til You Make It was a fringe hit last year – have signed…
Who's coming to Successville?
Emma Bunton and Vicky Pattison play detective
21/01/2016 … Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton and Queen of the Jungle Vicky Pattison are to play detective in the next series of Murder In Successville.
Wed 20 January 2016
Midland bankers
Central England's top comics and clubs honoured
20/01/2016 … Stand-ups Tom Binns and Barry Dodds have taken home top accolades at tonight's Midlands Comedy Awards.
© BBC Car Share takes best comedy at National TV Awards
As Billy Connolly's career hailed
20/01/2016 … Peter Kay’s Car Share has been named best comedy at the National Television Awards.
© BBC/Richard Ansett Revealed: Who's in the next Inside No 9 series
Guest stars include Felicity Kendal and Fiona Shaw
20/01/2016 … The cast has been announced for the third series of Inside No 9.
Radio 4 renews Jenny Eclair's Little Lifetimes
Third series of monologues for 2016
20/01/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Little Lifetimes monologues from Jenny Eclair.
Steve Coogan to play Richard Gere's brother
In a film adaptation of bestseller The Dinner
20/01/2016 … Steve Coogan is to star alongside Richard Gere in a new film drama set over a tense meal at a swanky restaurant.