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© Chortle Third year of the Keep It Fringe assistance
07/03/2025 … The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced 180 recipients of a £2,500 bursary to help them bring a show to this year’s festival This…
© Netflix Harith Iskander's gag deemed to have mocked Islam
07/03/2025 … Comedian Harith Iskander has been fined the equivalent of £1,750 after making a pun about the word ‘ham’ deemed to have mocked Islam.
Sky to air The Man Who Imagined Our Future
07/03/2025 … Sky is to air a new documentary about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy creator Douglas Adams.
© Matt Crockett Mr Swallow tries to make fellow comedians crack up
06/03/2025 … Nick Mohammed and Alison Hammond are to appear as cameos in the upcoming reality show Last One Laughing , Amazon has announced.
Second series of Radio 4 comedy
06/03/2025 … Radio 4 has ordered a second series of Call Jonathan Pie, featuring Tom Walker’s angry news reporter alter-ego.
© BBC/Merman BBC's hit comedy averaging 6.4million viewers
06/03/2025 … The BBC has confirmed that Amandaland will be returning for a second series.
Everyone In My Retirement Home Thinks I Killed Someone is out next year
06/03/2025 … Fergus Craig has written a spoof cosy crime novel, affectionately parodying the likes of Richard Osman.
Celebrity edition to mark 20 years of Lord Sugar's show
06/03/2025 … Shazia Mirza and Eddie Kadi are to appear in a celebrity version of The Apprentice.
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