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| Also of interest... |
Here are some pages on other websites that you might also be interested in...
- Miles Jupp, Neil Morrissey, Ade Edmondson and Robert Webb will star in new stage version of Neville's Island: nevillesisland.co.uk
- The BBC is putting on comedy writing information days in London and Manchester: Details; and here's the entry form for the New Act Of The Year 2015 (aka NATYS). It's a competition for newish stand-ups, sketch groups etc: NATYS
- Stand-up Paul Sinha takes some bad comedy journalism apart via his blog: Blog
- David Quantick writes about the 'tyranny of the panel show' and how stand-up on TV is now too safe: The Telegraph
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Obituary: Lord Alan B'Stard of Haltemprice
Lord Alan Beresford B'Stard, First Marquess of Haltemprice, has died at the age of 58, it has been confirmed. Read
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Competition: Cuckoo Series 1 on DVD
Win a copy of Series 1 of Cuckoo on DVD, the sitcom starring Greg Davies and Andy Samberg. Enter
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Thom Tuck interview
A mysteriously-curtailed chat with Thom Tuck, about Munnery, Bambi, expensive dross at the Fringe, piles of rubbish on BBC3, and the much-anticipated new Penny Dreadfuls material. Read
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Podcasts
Help long journeys and your day job go quicker by downloading the podcasts on our website. There's panel shows, sketch shows, interviews (Phill Jupitus is the latest) and more to enjoy. Listen
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| TV Listings |
Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Monday, Sky1, 8pm
Lee Mack returns to test more facts. He's joined in this episode by Got to Dance host Davina McCall, comedian Paddy McGuinness and actor Stephen Mangan. Guide
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Virtually Famous
Monday, E4, 10pm
Team captains Seann Walsh and Chris Stark are joined by Russell Kane, Cheska from Made in Chelsea, Sharon Rooney and Ed Gamble as they face questions and challenges all about clips, virals and YouTube celebrities. Guide
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The Alternative Comedy Experience
Tuesday, Comedy Central, 1am
Alternative comedy legend Kevin McAleer, plus ace stand-ups Stephen Carlin, Fern Brady, Isy Suttie, and Henning Wehn feature in this week's stand-up show. Stewart Lee meets them backstage. Guide
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Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live
Thursday, BBC Three, 9pm
Seann Walsh plays host at an evening of comedy from the Playhouse in Edinburgh. He is joined by acts including Mark Watson, Cardinal Burns and Romesh Ranganathan. Guide
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Cuckoo
Thursday, BBC Three, 10pm
The Senior Partner at Ken's firm is retiring and Ken is hopeful that he is in line for promotion. Meanwhile, Ben has a plan to spice things up with Rachel after she tells him that he needs to be more spontaneous. Guide
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Siblings
Thursday, BBC Three, 10:30pm
When Dan and Hannah's neighbour asks them to look after the exotic fish in his flat for a few days. What could possibly go wrong? Guide
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Boomers
Friday, BBC One, 9pm
The sitcom continues. Joyce is retiring and Alan has invited all of their friends round to the house for a party. Guide
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A League Of Their Own
Friday, Sky1, 9pm
The BAFTA-winning sports-based comedy show continues. With guests Micky Flanagan, Andros Townsend and Laura Whitmore. Guide
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Friday, Channel 4, 9pm
Another series of the gameshow mash-up that continues to be a big ratings winner. Jimmy, Sean and Jon are joined by David Mitchell and Roisin Conaty. Phill Jupitus is in with Susie Dent, while Joe Wilkinson 'helps' Rachel Riley again. Guide
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Big School
Friday, BBC One, 9:30pm
It's Miss Postern's birthday - but unfortunately it seems she's the only member of the Greybridge teaching staff who has remembered. Guide
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The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
Friday, BBC Two, 10pm
More sketch highlights. Eric dons a wig and Tom Jones performs Exactly Like You with some unlikely backing singers. Plus Eric and Ernie take on the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Dame Judi Dench. Guide
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The Last Leg
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
Adam Hills and regular co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker consider the weird and wonderful talking points of the week in the company of a studio audience and guest Nick Frost. Guide
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Fried
Friday, BBC Three, 11pm
First shown on the iPlayer, this sitcom pilot is set in a fried chicken shop. It's already been given a full series by the BBC, so check it out. Guide
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Through The Keyhole
Saturday, ITV, 9:25pm
Keith Lemon is joined by Joe Swash, Gabby Logan and Paddy McGuinness as he pokes he head around more famous homes. Guide
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Kevin Bridges Live At The Referendum
Saturday, BBC One, 10:20pm
Kevin Bridges return to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow to host a night of stand-up about the Referendum on Scottish Independence. The super line-up includes Frankie Boyle making his first stand-up appearance on the BBC for a while. Guide
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Almost Royal
Sunday, E4, 10pm
Intrepid British aristocrats Georgie and Poppy Carlton (who are really actors Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart) receive a real culture shock when they visit Detroit. Guide
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For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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I Really Hate My Job
PRE-ORDER. It is a summer evening in London. Alice, an aspiring writer, is running 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. Culminating in a breakdown, it's an evening none of the staff will forget... Details |
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Bad Education - Series Two
PRE-ORDER. Bad Education - written by and starring Jack Whitehall - returns to BBC Three later this month for a third (and probably final) series. The sitcom, also starring Harry Enfield, Sarah Solemani, Michelle Gomez and Mathew Horne, has been one of the channel's biggest successes, and Series 2 will be out on DVD in just a few weeks. Details |
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Cuckoo - Complete Series 1
OUT NOW. From the producer of The Office comes Cuckoo, which pits Hollywood stalwart Andy Samberg against British 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) - and his vaguely mystical, hippie-ish ways couldn't be more at odds with her father! Details |
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His And Hers
OUT NOW. The incomparable Terry-Thomas heads the cast of this rare 1960 domestic farce directed by Brian Desmond Hurst - best-known for the 1951 box-office triumph Scrooge.
Also starring Carry On legends Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor, with an early film role for Oliver Reed. Blu-ray Details & DVD Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Seymour Mace speak out about reviewers
Seymour Mace, appearing on the rap battle show at the Edinburgh Fringe, takes a moment out to address what he thinks of reviewers, PR people and agents. Warning: contains lots of rude words. Watch
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Bad Education - Series 3 Trailer
Alfie Wickers is back for a third series of the hit school-based sitcom later this month. Here's a taster: Watch
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Shaun The Sheep Movie - Trailer 2
Shaun and his fellow sheep head to the big city in this new trailer for the eagerly anticipated 2015 film. Watch
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Morph - Fetch
Morph gets carried away taking Nailbrush for a walk in this brand new sketch. Watch
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BBC Clickbait
A bunch of videos from an experimental multimedia comedy show filmed by the BBC. Acts include Alex Horne and Simon Munnery. Watch
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Bad Bridesmaid - Trailer
Would you sabotage your very own hen do and rile your beloved bridesmaids by allowing a wild comedy character to cause mischief and mayhem on your hen weekend? That's the premise of this new ITV2 show coming soon. Watch
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| Guide Spotlight |
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Don't Bother To Knock
Starring and executive-produced by Dambusters legend Richard Todd, this gentle romantic comedy film from 1961 is based on the novel Love From Everybody. Bill Ferguson, an Edinburgh travel agent, has a falling-out with his long-term and tempestuous girlfriend, Stella, as he attempts to propose. Taking the opportunity to get away from it all, Bill heads off on a holiday across Europe where he bumps into a series of women, inviting each in turn to visit him back home. Alas, when poor Bill finally does head back to Scotland and patches things up with Stella, the girls all begin arriving on his doorstep - just how can this be explained?! Guide
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| Thanks for Reading |
That's all for another newsletter. Have a fabulous week folks,
The British Comedy Guide
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