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© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 ...who already appears in their BBC Two comedy The First Team
10/06/2020 … The Inbetweeners creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley are working on a new show for Will Arnett.
© BBC Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Come Fly With Me also vanishes from streaming services
09/06/2020 … Little Britain has been pulled from streaming services because Matt Lucas and David Walliams used blackface for some of their characters.
Four nods as shortlists revealed
09/06/2020 … Janey Godley leads the shortlists in this year’s Scottish Comedy Awards, securing four nominations.
09/06/2020 … Established comedy writers are offering a year's free mentoring to BAME talent hoping to break into the business.
© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, Omid Djalili and more
09/06/2020 … Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, Milton Jones and Omid Djalili are among the big names line up for yet another drive-in comedy club that has been launched today.
Presenter told comic she was hurt by his portrayal
09/06/2020 … Keith Lemon creator Leigh Francis was shamed into making his tearful apology over his portrayal of black celebrities by talk show host Trisha Goddard, it has been…
King Rocker selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest
08/06/2020 … A film Stewart Lee made about Birmingham post-punk band The Nightingales is to receive its world premiere at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
© C4 Almost 500 complained after she said she wished Boris Johnson dead
08/06/2020 … TV regulators Ofcom have decided not to take action against The Last Leg after Miriam Margolyes confessed on the show that she wanted Boris Johnson to die of coronavirus.
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