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Luisa Omielan funds her own professional DVD
07/12/2015 … Luisa Omielan has taken the DIY approach to her comedy career to the next level – by releasing a full-length, professional stand-up video, funded entirely by…
Are You Being Served's Nicholas Smith dies at 81
07/12/2015 … Actor Nicholas Smith, who played Mr Rumbold in Are You Being Served?, has died at the age of 81.
07/12/2015 … Irish comedy duo The Rubberbandits are to commentate on a second series of ITV2's Almost Impossible Game Show.
07/12/2015 … Amy Poehler is facing up against former President Jimmy Carter in this year's Grammy Awards.
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton BBC Two confirms cast for Ben Elton's Upstart Crow
07/12/2015 … Harry Enfield is to play William Shakespeare's dad in a new BBC comedy series to mark 400 years since the playwright's death.
06/12/2015 … Kevin Bridges has overtaken Michael McIntyre as the best-selling stand-up DVD this week.
He also worked with Andy Kaufman and Marty Feldman
06/12/2015 … Howard West,Jerry Seinfeld's long-term producer, has died at the age of 84, Hollywood industry website Deadline is reporting.
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