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Critics already hate Ben Elton's new sitcom
23/04/2013 … Ben Elton’s new sitcom has been panned by critics before it has even aired.
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Tue 23 April 2013
Russell Howard announces 2014 tour
23/04/2013 … Russell Howard has announced an arena tour for early 2014.
Unrepentant Morgan to hit UK
23/04/2013 … 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has announced a UK tour – despite getting a critical drubbing in Australia.
Bluestone 42 to return
BBC Three orders second series
23/04/2013 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of Bluestone 42, its comedy set in a bomb disposal unit serving in Afghanistan.
Mon 22 April 2013
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Marcel Lucont to auction off private shows for his Fringe run
22/04/2013 … Marcel Lucont is selling himself to the highest bidder at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Vicious shows TV has grown up
22/04/2013 … Sir Ian McKellen says his new sitcom shows ‘TV has grown up‘ as it depicts gay characters without mocking them.
Twitter hosts a comedy festival
22/04/2013 … Stars including Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer are to take part in a five-day comedy festival, which will take place almost entirely on Twitter.
Mooney axed over Boston bomb jokes
22/04/2013 … Comic Paul Mooney has had a gig pulled after making bad-taste jokes about the Boston bombs.