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Comedy stars submit to viewers' tasks for Stand Up To Cancer
Russell Howard, Al Murray, Greg Davies, Russell Kane and Rhod Gilbert are amongst the comedians taking part in TV show Stars At Your Service. Read |
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Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden reunite for Radio 4 series
Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden are to reunite for a new Radio 4 series in which they look at the 'academic and abstract subjects that affect our everyday life'. Read |
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Off Their Rockers gets a third series
ITV has ordered a third series of Off Their Rockers, the hidden camera prank show involving OAP actors. Read |
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Inbetweeners 2 breaks box office records
The Inbetweeners 2 movie sequel has broken box office records, taking more than £2.75 million on its opening day. Read |
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Cast announced for Channel 4 sitcom series Scrotal Recall
Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas and Daniel Ings have been announced as the stars of Channel 4's forthcoming sitcom Scrotal Recall. Read |
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Ian Stone to return with second series of The Football's On
Comedian Ian Stone will return to BT Sport from next week with a second series of comic football chat show, The Football's On. Read |
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James Corden to become talk show host on US television
A US website has reported that James Corden will take over as host on The Late Late Show, the CBS chat show currently hosted by Craig Ferguson. Read |
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Hit live comedy format 'Joke Thieves' gets TV pilot
Joke Thieves, the hit live comedy format in which comedians must perform each others' routines, is being developed for a potential BBC Two series. Read |
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Ricky Gervais to film David Brent movie 'Life On The Road'
Ricky Gervais will star as The Office's David Brent in new film Life On The Road. Read |
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ITV orders full series of male midwife sitcom Delivery Man
ITV has ordered a full series of The Delivery Man, a new sitcom about a male midwife. Read |
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- Lee Mack and Bob Mortimer will be amongst those competing in a comic darts tournament for Comic Relief. BCG
- A producer has written a great letter to an executive at the 'greedy' Ambassadors Theatre Group. "If I had my way you would be invoiced for just breathing Edinburgh air." Chortle
- There'll be 60 painted Shaun The Sheep models in both Bristol and London next year. BBC News
- Have you got a bright 11 to 13 year-old child? Here's the application form to put them up for Junior Just A Minute. BBC
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Boomers interviews
Alison Steadman, Philip Jackson, Russ Abbot, Stephanie Beacham, James Smith and Paula Wilcox talk about their careers, and new BBC comedy Boomers. Read |
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Edinburgh Fringe features
We've been publishing features related to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We've got blogs from comedians, news stories and more. There's loads planned for this week too, so keep re-visiting. View |
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1,500+ Edinburgh Fringe reviews
Curious to know how a comedian / show is doing at the Fringe? Search our listings to see over 1,500 reviews. For example - read what reviewers think of the return of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'. View |
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BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase 2014 winners announced
The winning scripts and writers in the BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase 2014 writing contest have been revealed. Read |
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| TV Listings |
Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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Virtually Famous
Monday, E4, 10pm
In this edition, team captains Seann Walsh and Chris Stark are joined by comedians Chris Ramsey and Bobby Mair, actress Emily Atack, and Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills. Guide |
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Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
Monday, Sky Atlantic, 11:15pm
Andrew Maxwell, Jon Dore and Josie Long are amongst those to feature in another selection of best moments from the improvised stand-up show. Guide |
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The Alternative Comedy Experience
Tuesday, Comedy Central, 11pm
Kevin Eldon shares tonight's bill with performance poet Paul Hamilton, Trevor Lock, Paul Foot, and 'science nerd' Helen Arney. Backstage interviews by Stewart Lee as always. Guide |
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The Mimic
Wednesday, Channel 4, 10pm
As the prospect of marriage draws nearer, Martin makes some discoveries from his new family-to-be. Meanwhile, his stand-up set did not impress reviewers. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats
Wednesday, Channel 4, 10:30pm
A special compilation edition of the panel show hosted by Jimmy Carr with team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson. Guests include Jo Brand, David O'Doherty, Katherine Ryan, Jerry Springer, Roisin Conaty and Johnny Vegas. Guide |
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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Thursday, E4, 10pm
Noel's series is turned into a reality TV show by Reality Man (a fantasy terrorist) but Noel is evicted back to reality and gets a job working in a greasy spoon cafe. Guide |
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Cuckoo
Thursday, BBC Three, 10pm
The comedy continues with Twilight star Taylor Lautner, as another visitor from Cuckoo's past arrives on the Thompsons' doorstep. Meanwhile, Dylan plans a party. Guide |
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Siblings
Thursday, BBC Three, 10:30pm
BBC Three's latest sitcom continues. Hannah's best friend from university arrives home from travelling, now with a fiance in tow - charming vet, Rich. He offers Dan a job at his practice, but Hannah can't stand him. Guide |
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Boomers
Friday, BBC One, 9pm
Brand new comedy about a trio of newly-retired couples in Norfolk, rediscovering the joys of having free time to spend. This has the ingredients to be a long-running hit, so don't miss it. Share your thoughts on our message board afterward. Guide |
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The Last Leg
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
Adam Hills and regular co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are this week joined by guest Carrie Fisher. What will have occured this week for them to talk about? Guide |
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The Football's On
Friday, BT Sport, 10pm
The comic football chat show returns. Host Ian Stone is joined by Andy Parsons and Charlie Baker as the new football season is about to kick off. Guide |
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Almost Royal
Sunday, E4, 10pm
Continuing their stateside tour, British royalty Poppy and Georgie Carlton travel to Boston to discover a little American history. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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| New Products |
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Cuckoo - Complete Series 1
PRE-ORDER. Hollywood's Andy Samberg stars in the first series of this popular BBC Three sitcom alongside comedy giant Greg Davies. Ken (Davies) and Lorna Thompson's (Helen Baxendale) daughter Rachel has returned from her gap year with a new husband, Cuckoo (Samberg) - self-appointed spiritual ninja and Ken's very worst nightmare. Series 2 continues this week. Details |
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His And Hers
OUT NOW. The incomparable Terry-Thomas heads the cast of this 1960 farce directed by Brian Desmond Hurst - best-known for the 1951 hit Scrooge. Also starring legends Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor and Oliver Reed, it follows writer Reggie Blake who seeks inspiration in various adventures - the latest of which saw him lost in the desert... Blu-ray Details & DVD Details |
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A Touch Of Cloth - The Complete Case Files
PRE-ORDER. Packed not just with plot, character and dialogue laughs but also plenty of background visual gags, it's a crime that A Touch Of Cloth is not available on Blu-ray. Nevertheless, if you've missed any of the cases of the City of Newtown's best detectives, Jack Cloth and Ann Oldman (aka John Hannah and Suranne Jones), don't hesitate before ordering this truly hilarious box set. Details |
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I Really Hate My Job
PRE-ORDER. It is a summer evening in London. Alice (Shirley Henderson), an aspiring writer, is late for her job as a kitchen hand in a Soho cafe, the Stella Bar. Once she arrives, Alice discovers that the chef is drunk and incapable of working, and so, for a bonus, she agrees to be chef for the evening. What follows is a comedy of the high-tensions of a female working environment. Details |
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Josser In The Army
OUT NOW. Sunderland-born music hall star Ernie Lotinga was one of the most accomplished variety artists of the early 20th Century, proving massively popular with his comic creation 'Josser'. In this 1932 caper, Josser is serving in France during World War One, where he masquerades as a German general, unmasks a spy, gets captured and then makes a spectacular airborne escape... Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Here are some quotes from our message board...
"Hebburn. Was sad to hear it was cancelled after the Christmas special. Had 2 series left in it at least." Feeoree on Which sitcoms ended too early?
"Great show. I watched all the episodes today and was really impressed. Lots of funny (if extremely Brentish) moments." Scartledge on People Just Do Nothing
"The first episode, without spoilering it, seemed a borrow from a Not Going Out episode... but not bad, I think." Geffers on Siblings
"Ok, I wasn't as enamored with it as I thought I might be, I felt by trying to make it more coherent it's sort of lost some of the magic of last series. It's still an enjoyable watch though." Shandonbelle on Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy - Series 2
"I'd never heard of this, but I thought it was a really good effort - I especially liked the way they'd adapted the self-wrestle routine for symbolic purposes." gappy on A Liar's Autobiography
"Stick by your artistic decisions man. Like John Cleese did." Alfred J Kipper on the return of David Brent
"It wasn't as predictable and unfunny as I thought it would be. I know it's fresh in the mind still but I would have this down as being slightly better overall than the first." Tommy Griff on The Inbetweeners 2
"For sheer enjoyment, A Touch Of Cloth may well be my favourite comedy of the last ten years." shaggy292 on A Touch Of Cloth
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| Guide Spotlight |
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Oh Doctor Beeching!
There's really only one comedy we can focus on today, exactly 46 years since the end of steam on British Rail - David Croft and Richard Spendlove's wonderful 1990s hit, Oh Doctor Beeching!, purveyor of one of comedy's catchiest theme tunes. Set five years before that auspicious date, this sitcom follows the staff of a small rural railway station, Hatley, as they hope to avoid being closed amidst the infamous Beeching cuts. Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland and Julia Deakin are amongst the show's stars. All together now! "Oh Doctor Beeching, what have you done..." Guide |
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