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Who won at the first Splats! cartoon awards
18/01/2025 … What do you call a phalanx of cartoonists? A scribble? A squiggle? A rejection? Whatever the term, a group of the UK’s finest visual jokesmiths got…
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Sat 18 January 2025
© Paramount+ Frasier has left the building... again
Paramount+ pulls the plug on rebooted comedy
18/01/2025 … The Frasier reboot has been cancelled after two series.
Fri 17 January 2025
'I was brave to sue the makers of Live At The Moth Club'
Now Harry Deansway 'faces financial ruin' as he loses plagiarism case
17/01/2025 … Harry Deansway has said he was ‘brave’ to sue the makers of Live At The Moth Club for plagiarism, and suggested he only lost as the programme-makers…
© UKTV Live At The Moth Club was not a stolen idea, judge rules
Comedian Harry Deansway loses his copyright case
17/01/2025 … Comedian Harry Deansway has lost his court case alleging that the Dave series Live At The Moth Club ripped off his ideas.
Tributes paid after comedy promoter Alistair Greaves dies suddenly
17/01/2025 … Tributes have been paid to comedy promoter Alistair Greaves following his unexpected death last week.
© Hugo Glendinning Fawlty Towers to return to the West End
Extra three-month run for John Cleese's play
17/01/2025 … John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers play is to return to the the West End this summer.
Thu 16 January 2025
Conan O’Brien to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
'He's consistently pushing the envelope in search of new comedic heights'
16/01/2025 … Conan O’Brien is to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, it has been announced.
Comedy actress Diane Langton dies at 77
Credits include Only Fools, The Rag Trade and Carry On...
16/01/2025 … Veteran comedy actress Diane Langton has died at the age of 77.