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© Button Hall Productions Image Type: Portraits Programme Maker: Monumental Shows head for new US streaming platform
02/08/2019 … British comedies Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats and Home will be available to US viewers under a new licensing deal.
Hard-learned advice to her young daughters
02/08/2019 … Ali Wong’s first book is to be released in the UK after publisher Canongate Books snapped up the rights.
...says actor who briefly appeared in the original
02/08/2019 … An actor who appeared in the original Dad’s Army has slammed plans to remake three lost episodes as ‘cultural vandalism’.
More details of the daily festival updates revealed
01/08/2019 … The Dave TV channel has revealed more details of the nightly shorts it will be airing from the Edinburgh Fringe.
01/08/2019 … A comedian has been attacked on stage by a man in the audience he told to ‘stop talking’.
Zach Galifianakis’s comedy to end
01/08/2019 … Zach Galifianakis’s clown comedy Baskets is to end after its current fourth series.
31/07/2019 … Chris Ramsey is to take part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
© BBC With extra content from Phoebe Waller-Bridge
31/07/2019 … A new playbook of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s award-winning Fleabag is to be released to coincide with the show’s upcoming West End run.
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