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Jibe wins Christmas gag contest
15/12/2015 … A gag about Ed Miliband's election defeat has been named the best Christmas cracker joke of the year.
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Tue 15 December 2015
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Susan Calman gets more Sisters
Radio 4 recommissions her comedy series
15/12/2015 … Susan Calman’s Radio 4 sitcom Sisters has been recommissioned for a second series.
Channel 4 comedy gala back for a 7th year
15/12/2015 … Channel 4’s Comedy Gala is to return for a seventh year.
Brian Butterfield sitcom in the works
BBC comissions Serafinowicz scripts
15/12/2015 … Peter Serafinowicz is working on a sitcom based around his character Brian Butterfield.
Mon 14 December 2015
Sky confirms new Julia Davis comedy
Campsite sitcom called Robin's Test
14/12/2015 … Sky Atlantic has confirmed Julia Davis’s new campsite-based sitcom, called Robin’s Test.
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14/12/2015 … Citizen Khan is going on tour – with three arena dates announced for next year.
It's President Shappi!
Comedian to become head of the British Humanist Association
14/12/2015 … Shappi Khorsandi is to become president of the British Humanist Association.
Plebs and Detectorists go to America
14/12/2015 … Plebs and Detectorists are being exported to the States, thanks to a new deal with on-demand service Hulu.