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© BBC Star of To The Manor Born and so many comedies
17/03/2022 … Peter Bowles, the character actor best known for playing the roguish Richard DeVere in To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 85.
Club is back, seven years after closing its venue
17/03/2022 … Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club is returning to Preston, more than seven years after closing its venue there.
© ITV From Broadchurch star Andy Buchan
17/03/2022 … ITV has commissioned a darkly comic horror series from Broadchurch star Andy Buchan.
Comedian to record Neurotopical next month
17/03/2022 … Comedian Don Biswas is to record a Radio 4 stand-up special about having learning difficulties.
© BBC Did cuts go too far... or not far enough?
17/03/2022 … Little Britain has returned to BBC iPlayer - but with some of the more controversial creations edited out.
New writers and producers named
17/03/2022 … BBC Studios has appointed two new writers and two new producers to its audio comedy team.
© BBC/Hat Trick Show returns for a 63rd series next month
16/03/2022 … Fresh from reporting from the front line of the war in Ukraine, Clive Myrie will be the guest host of Have I Got News For You when it returns for a 63rd series…
© BBC Studios 'We started flirting with the idea... now it's heavy petting' says Steve Pemberton
16/03/2022 … An Inside No 9 stage show is ‘definitely on the cards’, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have said.
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