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Wed 15 October 2014
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Kitson announces Christmas shows
Week-long residency in South London
15/10/2014 … Daniel Kitson is to perform a Christmas show designed as an antidote to the rowdy seasonal club gigs.
Tue 14 October 2014
Bill Maher announces London show
14/10/2014 … American satirist Bill Maher has announced a one-off London show.
Loudmouth 'fan' drives McIntyre offstage
Front-row punter kept interrupting gig
14/10/2014 … Michael McIntyre called a halt to a stand-up show last night – because of a woman talking persistently and loudly in the front row.
Jenny Eclair gets more Lifetimes
R4 recommissions monologue series
14/10/2014 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Jenny Eclair's Little Lifetimes monologues.
Howard siblings to star together
Mystery project for Russell and Kerry
14/10/2014 … Russell Howard is to appear alongside his sister Kerry for the first time on TV.
Mon 13 October 2014
Men Behaving Badly reunion
Clunes and Morrissey's comeback sketch for charity
13/10/2014 … Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey are to revive their Men Behaving Badly characters.
Heckled by the cops...
Bizarre encounter captured on video
13/10/2014 … Comedian Adam Newman has been heckled by police officers – who told him to 'shut up' when they burst into his show to arrest an audience member.