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Tommy Cooper impersonator sets new record
09/03/2015 … A Tommy Cooper impersonator has scooped the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in a minute.
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Mon 09 March 2015
Al Murray's FUKP becomes an official party
09/03/2015 … AL MURRAY's Freedom United Kingdom Party has become officially registered as a political party by the Electoral Commission, allowing the comedian to stand on that…
Alternative Comedy Experience axed
No series three for Stewart Lee-curated show
09/03/2015 … The Alternative Comedy Experience has been cancelled says Stewart Lee.
© Matt Waldron/Creative Commons Simpsons mastermind Sam Simon dies
09/03/2015 … Sam Simon, who co-created The Simpsons, has died at the age of 59.
Sun 08 March 2015
Comedian presents an 'ISIS fundraiser'
Social media lands Sean Hegarty with a controversial show
08/03/2015 … A comedian is advertising a fundraising gig for murderous Islamic terrorists after a social media appeal went wrong.
Nose news is good news
08/03/2015 … Monday March 9TV: Bluestone 42 returns for a third series about the adventures of a fictional bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan.
R4 series for Barry From Watford
An agony uncle for the elderly...
08/03/2015 … Barry from Watford is getting his own Radio 4 show.
Fri 06 March 2015
© ITV Studios/Matt Squire Official: Peter Kay to play Danny Baker's dad
Cockney role for the Bolton comic
06/03/2015 … Peter Kay is to play Danny Baker’s father ‘Spud’ in a new 1974-set comedy series, the BBC has confirmed.