
Alternative comedy pioneers go on display
23/02/2015 … Rare images of the pioneering comedians at the forefront of the alternative comedy boom of the 1980s are to go on display in London.
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23/02/2015 … Rare images of the pioneering comedians at the forefront of the alternative comedy boom of the 1980s are to go on display in London.
Channel 4 exec hits back at protesters
22/02/2015 … Channel 4's head of comedy has mounted a robust defence of the forthcoming comedy script set in the Irish famine – saying attempts to gag the writer are 'appalling'.
Charity gigs dominate the comedy week ahead
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22/02/2015 … Russell Brand is to launch a new podcast this week.
20/02/2015 … Nigel Havers has joined the cast of BBC One sitcom pilot Stop/Start.
French detective revived for two ITV films
20/02/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is to play French detective Jules Maigret in two two-hour films for ITV.
20/02/2015 … An audio comedy written by Rik Mayall is to be broadcast for the first time on what would have been the comedian's 57th birthday.
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